“Dressing the wound” is a term which Necmettin Erbakan, the founder of the National Outlook Movement that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Tayyip Erdoğan have emerged from, used in the 1970s. He used the term to describe superficial economic or political measures which aim to save the day rather than ensure
Suppose US President Joe Biden had invited President Tayyip Erdoğan to the Democracy Summit to be convened by video conference on December 9-10. Can you picture the propaganda that the Presidency of Turkey would carry out? I don’t grant this summit of that much importance. I regard it as a façade of global hypocrisy. But
For the last 30 years, I have been a professor at Boğazici University, one of the top universities in Turkey. Every year, I give letters of recommendation to good students applying for graduate study abroad. This year, I received more requests than usual and shared this fact on Twitter. My tweet went viral and I
The United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference came to a close on November 13, after two weeks of discussions of world leaders, activists, and experts. It made the headlines throughout the two weeks as the world faces a climate crisis. The final document, also known as Glasgow Climate Pact, underlined the importance of taking concrete
Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) elected Erinç Sağkan as its new president in December 5 elections. He was running against Metin Feyzioğlu who had been elected as the head of the top legal association while he was against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and became a strong supporter of him along the way. Sağkan received
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu launched his party’s election campaign in Southern Province of Mersin on December 4; way earlier than its scheduled date on June 18, 2023 because the opposition forces pushed for an early election due to the current economic state of Turkey. As his opposition “Nation Alliance” partner