Murat Yetkin

Journalist-Writer

“Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Türkiye and Ankara’s Expectations”

Pope Leo XIV, who will visit Türkiye between 27–30 November, carries two roles: one as the Head of the Vatican…

1 week ago

The İmamoğlu Indictment and the Questions It Raises

The indictment titled “Ekrem İmamoğlu Profit-Driven Criminal Organization” prepared by Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek—released on 11 November—is poised…

3 weeks ago

EU-Türkiye: Political Hurdles, Business Pushes On

Everyone is aware that the main obstacle to rapprochement between Türkiye and the European Union is political. For years it…

3 weeks ago

Talk About Democracy and Europe? Then Free Selahattin Demirtaş

Former Democratic People’s Party (HDP) co-leader Demirtaş was detained and arrested on November 4, 2016.  November 3, marked nine years…

1 month ago

Europe’s focus shifts from Turkish democracy to security in 7 points.

About ten years ago, caricatures of “Sultan Erdoğan” were popular in the Western European press. President Tayyip Erdoğan, who was…

1 month ago

Turkish Intelligence Report on Rare Earth Elements (REE)

A debate over Rare Earth Elements (REEs) continues between Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and the main opposition CHP leader Özgür…

1 month ago

Pax Trumpiana and the Turkish Guarantorship of Trump’s Gaza Plan

On October 13, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan signed a Declaration of Intent in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, alongside U.S. President…

2 months ago

Gaza Genocide and Two Faces of Humanity: Fazıl Say and Friedrich Merz

A few hours after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared a war against the "new anti-Semitism" while trying to hold back…

3 months ago

Patriarch Bartholomew Meets Trump. Will President Erdoğan too?

On September 15, while domestic attention in Türkiye was focused on the CHP’s “absolute nullity” case, U.S. President Donald Trump…

3 months ago

The Postponement of Absolute Nullity and an Applause Barometer of CHP

  The Ankara 42nd Civil Court of First Instance postponed the hearing in the case seeking to declare the 2023…

3 months ago