Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu returned to the public sphere 100 days after losing his seat to Özgür Özel, hinting his return to active politics. Visiting small businesses in the OSTIM Industrial Site in Ankara, the previous leader of the main opposition party quoted former President Süleyman Demirel and said: “politics has
This question has been puzzling me since the day it first emerged. (*) The organization, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group. Its origins lay in the Cey’ish al-Taifa al-Mansurah organization,
Apart from the impulse to get out of the economic crisis, what other force, do you think, could have made President Tayyip Erdoğan visit Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with whom he had frozen relations calling him a “coup plotter”, and send him messages of friendship and cooperation? And don’t say for the sake of
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to visit the capital of Egypt, Cairo, on February 14, marking his first visit after 13 years of hiatus. The relationship between Türkiye and Egypt, located at the northern and southern ends of the Eastern Mediterranean, has always been significant for regional peace and stability. A brief look at
Baykar’s Executive Board Chairman Haluk Bayraktar announced last week at the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia, to Reuters news agency, that the TB-2 factory which is currently under construction in Ukraine would commence production within a year. The factory, to be built near Kiev, was expected to have the capacity to produce 120 drones
On the evening of February 7, a car exploded and caught fire in Mashtel, a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. Shortlye thereafter, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed responsibility for the airstrike in a statement; it was in retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike on January 28 against the secret
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Governor Fatih Karahan, facing the cameras for the first time following the contentious dismissal of the previous Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan from office, announced the first inflation report for the year 2024. Speaking at a press conference on February 8, Karahan stated that the inflation forecasts
February 9 might mark a beginning of a new era in relations with the U.S. and Türkiye, depending on the news about the F-16 sales expected from Congress. It would be prudent to be cautious, but the US State Department’s statement on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expected visit to Türkiye can be considered one of
The game played at the highest levels of the state has come to the end long expected of it. After a series of forceless actions and decisions contrary to law, at the session of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (TBMM) on January 30, 2024, chaired by one of the deputy & acting Speaker Bekir Bozdağ, the
As the closest public administration unit to the citizens, local governments are the cradle of democracy. Numerous studies emphasize that in societies where trust in institutions is high, the quality of life is also better. In a world where trust in democracy and governments is decreasing, enhancing citizen trust and participative democracy at the local