The funeral of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, was held in Didim, Aydın province, Türkiye on September 14. The ceremony underscored the diplomatic tensions surrounding her death and renewed calls for international accountability. Eygi was fatally shot on September 8 during a protest against Israeli
As far as we know, the first military sanctions applied by the US to Türkiye began on December 11, 1974. The apparent reason was the Cyprus operation on July 20, 1974. The real reason was different. The main reason for the US Congress’s decision to cut off military weapons and equipment sales to Türkiye was
Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel stated that under current conditions, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot run for another term, however, if he seeks re-election, the deadline for him to “knock the CHP’s door” for a compromise would be November 2025. Answering YetkinReport’s questions, Özel said, “He shouldn’t come after November 2025.
Özgür Özel, the Chairperson of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), proposed renewing the elections in November 2025 or the spring of 2026. He stated, “If the TBMM renews the elections with 360 members’ backing, president Erdoğan will have the right to run one last time.” Separately, he promised the impossible by saying, “We will return
Türkiye mourns 8-year-old Narin Güran, whose lifeless body was found in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır 19 days after her disappearance, a case that has gripped the country and reignited debates about child safety. Narin’s case is not an isolated incident. In the just first half of 2024, 343 children died due to preventable causes
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz unveiled the Medium Term Program (MTP), outlining Ankara’s economic roadmap for the next three years. The MTP marks a crucial juncture for both the country’s economic recovery efforts and the political future of both President Tayyip Erdoğan and Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government. While numerous questions arise, the
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Türkiye is significant in terms of Türkiye re-establishing relations with Arab administrations, with which it had almost severed ties during the Arab Spring. It is also the latest example of sharp turns in ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) foreign policy. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who hosted
Karl Marx had a poignant and apt observation: “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” The incident on September 2 in Konak Square, Izmir, where a plainclothes American soldier was attacked once again brought this saying to mind. The footage that gained quite a traction on social media showed an attacker throwing a
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