Turkey’s energy poverty as inflation crisis deepens
Turkey entered the year 2022 with an unprecedented rain of hikes. We started to discuss inflation, price hikes, the rising cost of living, and poverty. Still, there is one more thing to add to...
Author: Filiz Pehlivan
Where will Erdoğan find the $3.2 bln for his Green Plan?
President Tayyip Erdoğan said in the Parliament on October 27 that the resources are available for the Green Development Action Plan that was announced following the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement. He also...
Portrait of a female Turkish party leader: Meral Akşener
Good Party (İYİ Parti) leader Meral Akşener was threatened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after her visit to Rize last month. “It is a terrible thing to be threatened by the President. I am...
Turkey’s anti-femicide group expands goals to new fields
The We Will Stop Femicide Platform has decided to transform the women’s struggle, symbolized by the motto “You Will Never Walk Alone” used by many rights groups over the years, into a larger-scale movement....
No need for a suit and a tie for gender equality
I was curious while watching the speech by President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary. She would talk about the conclusions of the meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their...
Climate change and gender equality
After fulfilling his promise to bring America back into the Paris Agreement, President Biden convened 40 world leaders in a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22-23, 2021. The leaders talked about how...