The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is a non-profit cultural institution that began its activity precisely 50 years ago, in 1972. During his student years in Germany, Nejat Eczacıbaşı had attended city festivals such as the Salzburg Festival. He returned to Turkey with the dream of a similar festival for Istanbul and took
DEVA Party Leader Ali Babacan’s opened the pandora’s box in Ankara saying that if elected, opposition block should not rush to change the Presidential System of Government. The statement brought out the concern that the ruling People Alliance has been avoiding. If President Tayyip Erdogan is not re-elected, his successor will continue to play the
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu announced that he would not pay his electricity bills, calling out President Tayyip Erdoğan to take back the gradual electricity price hikes that were taken into effect at the beginning of the year that raised protests all over Turkey. You may say that it is
Portugal went to early elections in a quiet atmosphre on January 30. The Socialist Party which has been ruling the country with a minority government for the last 6 years managed to secure the neccesary majority to form a government on her own. Portugal is a small country in the West of Europe with a
As Turkey-wide protests to the rising energy prices continue, opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) metropolitan mayors issued a joint call to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government asking for exclusive energy tariffs for the municipalities. Eleven CHP metropolitan mayors stated that the rising energy prices have become “unbearable” for the mayoralties to provide
The leaders of the six opposition parties will meet for the first time on February 12 to launch discussions about the 2023 elections. The rumor it is that the headquarters of these parties are paying much more attention to the form of the discussion than what will be discussed. What I mean by the “form”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan tested positive for Covid-19, as the Minister of Health announced that they have mild symptoms and “their condition is well enough not to hinder them for work.” “Today my wife and I tested positive for Covid-19 which we had taken after mild symptoms. Thank God, we
In the early hours of February 3, US special forces raided a two-story house in Atme village in Idlib, near Syria’s border with Turkey. At least 13 people, including six women and four children, were killed in the raid, which was carried out with intense helicopter fire. In a statement broadcast live from the White
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on February 2, referred the case of imprisoned philanthropist and civil rights activist Osman Kavala to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It is the next step in “infringement proceedings” that may result in Turkey’s suspension from the Council of Europe, of which it is
According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 48.69 percent annually and 11.10 percent monthly in Turkey. Intependent groups on the other hand calculated the annual inflation increase as 114 percent annually. TÜİK announced on February 3 that in January 2022, the CPI soared 11,10 percent compared to the