Murat Yetkin

Journalist-Writer

Erdoğan uses constitution debate as a smokescreen to obscure problems

President Tayyip Erdoğan is using the constitutional amendment as a smokescreen to obscure and distract attention from the major problems…

3 days ago

İYİ Party under Dervişoğlu can change Turkish political balances

  Meral Akşener followed a line similar to that followed in Western democracies, albeit with some delay. First, she declared…

3 days ago

Two challenges of Şimşek: tax reform and public sector savings

The local elections are over. Not as the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan intended, but as opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel…

3 days ago

Erdoğan’s meeting with US President Biden postponed: Turkish official

President Tayyip Erdoğan's expected trip to the United States, initially scheduled for May 9th, has reportedly been postponed to a…

5 days ago

WB on Turkish inflation: patience is hard but the alternative is worse

The World Bank has been on the agenda in Türkiye for two reasons nowadays. First, because it decided to provide…

2 weeks ago

Behind Ankara’s silence: Türkiye’s cautious response to Iran’s attack on Israel

Ankara's response to Iran's airstrike against Israel on the night of April 13 was notably delayed and subdued. Journalists waited…

2 weeks ago

Unpacking Erdoğan’s reply to Özel’s dialogue offer

As promised, Türkiye's main opposition CHP's Chairman Özgür Özel dialed President Tayyip Erdoğan on the first day of Ramadan Eid…

3 weeks ago

Türkiye impose trade restrictions to Israel upon public pressure

Public pressure has compelled President Tayyip Erdoğan's cabinet to take action on another front. The Ministry of Trade announced on…

3 weeks ago

The CHP’s electoral success and Türkiye’s new era

The disarray following the CHP's electoral victory is not only evident in previously AK Party-held municipalities but also within the…

3 weeks ago

AKP-confidential: the ‘pirate text’ leaked after Erdoğan’s AKP meeting

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan convened the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Central Executive Committee (MYK) on April 2, two days…

4 weeks ago