A few days before it was announced that President Tayyip Erdogan was going to Sochi to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 5, there was an assassination operation carried out by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Syrian territory. One of the key PKK members in Syria,
In Turkey, the middle class cannot find its political representation in the central politics. Center, center-left and center-right platforms which aspire to represent the priorities of the middle class in the world are rather absent in the Turkish political party system. This has an effect on Turkish politics and as the 2023 elections approach, this
Since Turkey’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the 1950s, Turkish mainstream politicians have promised their constituencies to transform Turkey into “little America”. Grandfathered into this promise was the electorate’s expectation that Turkey’s economic and social development would improve to match the welfare of their American brethren. In the post-War environment where
The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) established after Russia and Ukraine agreed to the Black Sea Grain Initiative brokered by Türkiye and United Nations auspices was officially inaugurated in Istanbul on July 27. “The JCC will facilitate the implementation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative to establish a humanitarian maritime corridor to allow ships to export
The Turkish Lira (TRY) depreciated further against the US Dollar and reached the psychological limit of 18 liras, and closed the day at 17.92 just before the US Federal Reserve announced its interest rate decision on July 27. The last time the US Dollar TRY parity passed the 18 limit was on December 18 2021
I will talk about a research: “The Well-Being Conditions of The Citizens in Turkey: Towards a Healthy, Happy, Fair, Safe, Hopeful and Strong Society” of the Equality Studies Association written by Ali Yalçın Göymen and Gülnur Elçik. With this study, it was aimed to analyze the well-being of the citizens by conducting a research covering
Two noticeable events took place over the weekend in Türkiye, President Tayyip Erdoğan held an “opening ceremony” slash “rally” in ruling AKP’s stronghold city Kayseri and main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held public meetings in AKP’s another stronghold city Balıkesir. What was noteworthy was not the events, but the to crowd they spoke to
On July 21, when UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that he will be in Istanbul on July 22 to attend the ceremony of the grain shipment agreement between Türkiye, Russia and Ukraine, two interesting comments on Russia came from the heads of the US intelligence CIA and British intelligence MI6. According to CIA Director William
Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement with Türkiye under the United Nations auspices in Istanbul for the safe export of the grain and foodstuff waiting at the Ukrainian ports amid the ongoing war between the two countries, in an effort to ease the international food crisis stemming from the supply shortage. Two countries separately signed
9 people have been killed and at least 22 injured so far in the attack on a tourist facility near the Iraqi city of Zakho on 20 July. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi, who declared a day of mourning across the country, and Muqtada al-Sadr, the religious leader of the Iraqi Shiites, pointed artillery fire