The US’ PKK condolence, Erdoğan’s Putin visit
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...
Monthly Archive: July 2022
The Void of the Center Politics and the Loneliness of the Middle Class in Turkey
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...
Turkey was supposed to be “little America” – not vice versa
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...
Joint Coordination Center for the grain crisis inaugurated in Istanbul
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...
Turkish Lira declines against US Dollar to a new record
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...
Türkiye’s Well-Being: Despair, Desperation, Debt
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...
Embracing Mr Kemal: Opposition’s groundswell
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...
What if the CIA and MI6 are wrong? What if Russia wins?
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...
“A Beacon of Hope”: Russia, Ukraine signed a deal on grain export
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...
After Zakho, an operation into Iraq is hard, Syria is harder
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...