Turkey’s opposition block formed by the six opposition parties vowed to ensure independent monetary management in the event that they came to power in a new report announced on June 13. “The Institutional Reforms Commission” established by the six-party opposition block finished its first report which focused on the block’s reform propositions to be implemented
The Ukraine crisis has once again catapulted Turkey to the top of the global policymaking agenda. Seizing the moment, the Government of Turkey has fulfilled its responsibilities in line with the Montreux Convention preventing new Russian military vessels from entering the Black Sea, and has also managed to stay neutral enough to position itself as
Russia clearly sees the duel of words between Turkey and Greece as a “fishermen’s fight” where none of the parties hit hard to their opponent to prevent the boat from capsizing. In Syria, calculations are changed, the PKK scenario in NATO is different from what we are told. Before elaborating on them, we must first
How to start writing this article? The Minister of Treasury and Finance said, “at a crossroads, we have chosen to grow with inflation. Otherwise, we could have taken very drastic measures to reduce inflation.” Alternatively, I would begin with this: “The dollar exchange rate, which had been 9.5 liras at the beginning of November 2021,
Elections do change the fate of nations. Elections can have an effect upon the next generation’s tendencies to open up to the world. The biggest liability of the politicians therefore, is hidden in the electoral pledges for the young people. I have uttered these words for years and afterwards asked the same question: “Does politics
Although both Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and his unofficial coalition partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli almost every day say, “There is no early election,” the claims that early elections will be announced this fall are incessant. The allegations became flesh and bone when the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal
Turkey’s inflation keeps soaring as Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) May calculations indicate a 73 percent increase in annual Consumer Price Index (CPI), while independent inflation research group ENAGroup calculates 160 percent rise. According to TURKSTAT, the CPI increased by 2,98 percent in May 2022, reflected as 73.50 percent in annual increase. The Producer Price Index
President Tayyip Erdoğan, who lectures everyone on politics taken the moral high ground, asked main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 10 questions in his speech in which he defamed his political opponents with expressions such as “slut” and “rotten” in his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliamentary group meeting. CHP leader
The main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) popular Istanbul officials are under pressure of trials and political bans as Turkey is nearing the 2023 elections. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, whose rising popularity often put his name on the top of the list for the candidates against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Presidential race, was
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan summoned his top economy policy officials in a closed-door meeting at the presidency on May 31 amid announcements of new price hikes while high inflation keeps straining households. Erdoğan held an emergency meeting at the Presidency attended by Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey