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In the past few days, Türkiye took two significant steps against Israel’s attacks in Gaza, which have claimed the lives of more than 35,000 Palestinians in the last six months. First, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced Türkiye’s decision to join in the case brought by the Republic of South Africa against Israel for genocide at
The most significant outcome of the shift in the political landscape after March 31 local elections yet was the meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel. The meeting, which started at 4:00 PM on May 2 and lasted about 1 hour and 30 minutes, took place
President Tayyip Erdoğan is using the constitutional amendment as a smokescreen to obscure and distract attention from the major problems ahead. On the night of April 28, days before Erdoğan’s meeting with CHP leader Özgür Özel, Chief Legal Advisor Mehmet Uçum published the text “What could be the main principles of the new constitution”, which
Meral Akşener followed a line similar to that followed in Western democracies, albeit with some delay. First, she declared an extraordinary congress for the İYİ (Good) Party, giving herself a margin of error regarding the defeat of the opposition block in the 2023 elections. In the 2024 -local- elections, she took the failure of
The local elections are over. Not as the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan intended, but as opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel wanted. Yet Erdoğan still has an economic crisis ahead of him. The way out of this crisis is the Medium Term Program (MTP) he entrusted to the Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek. The
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s expected trip to the United States, initially scheduled for May 9th, has reportedly been postponed to a later date. A Turkish official, who spoke to YetkinReport on condition of anonymity, said the postponement was at Ankara’s request due to “changes in the President’s schedule”. When queried about the timing of the meeting
The World Bank has been on the agenda in Türkiye for two reasons nowadays. First, because it decided to provide Türkiye with US$ 18 billion in project financing for the period 2024-2028, and second, because of the news that half of this financing will be made available on the condition that Syrian refugees and LGBTQ+
Ankara’s response to Iran’s airstrike against Israel on the night of April 13 was notably delayed and subdued. Journalists waited for hours for statements from the Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even the Ministry of National Defense, but received none. The first official evaluation came from Talha Köse, head of the National Intelligence
As promised, Türkiye’s main opposition CHP’s Chairman Özgür Özel dialed President Tayyip Erdoğan on the first day of Ramadan Eid Holiday, April 10. The call took place around noon, and Erdoğan responded later in the afternoon, between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. The exchange of holiday greetings lasted about five minutes, during which Özel expressed the
Public pressure has compelled President Tayyip Erdoğan’s cabinet to take action on another front. The Ministry of Trade announced on April 9 that it would impose trade restrictions on Israel covering 54 product categories. The trade embargo, to be enforced by Ministry of Trade Ömer Bolat, will take effect from April 9 and will remain