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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s visit to China from June 3-5 encompassed not only political discussions on issues such as Palestine, Uyghur Turks, and Taiwan but also aimed to elevate trade and economic relations between the two countries to a strategic level. Prominent topics included energy investments and transportation projects, particularly the Asia-Europe Belt and Road
You might wonder about the connection between the “agent of influence” clause, said to be included in the 9th Judicial Package that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has not yet officially submitted to the TBMM Committee, and the allegations that asylum seekers, whom the UK will send to Rwanda, will be transferred to
As President Tayyip Erdoğan began his day on June 4, there was a problem on his agenda that could potentially evolve into a crisis. The day before, on June 3, Interior Ministry had first detained and then dismissed Mehmet Sıddık Akış, the DEM Party mayor of Hakkari, who had won the election on March 31,
Yesterday, on May 26, Azerbaijani flags were hoisted on 4 border villages from which Armenia had withdrawn as a result of the agreements. This condition was Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev’s red line for reaching a deal with Armenia; he even declared that it could be an act of war. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, on
Following the March 31 local election defeat, President Tayyip Erdoğan made two strategic political decisions. The first was to continue with the Medium-Term Program under the responsibility of Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, hoping to overcome the economic crisis. The second was to spread out the internal review process of the election defeat within
The latest “Turkey’s Pulse” survey by MetroPoll research company has raised alarm bells for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and issued serious warnings to the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). MetroPoll Director Özer Sencar noted a decline in votes for both parties compared to April, with the AKP hitting its lowest vote
I have no intention of targeting Mehmet Şimşek, the Minister of Treasury and Finance. Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members are already doing that enough. Despite the defeat in the March 31 elections, they act as if President Tayyip Erdoğan wasn’t the sole decision-maker and they had done everything right, still claiming, “If we
The Central Bank of Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) which sold foreign currency from its reserves to prevent the US dollar from appreciating further against the Turkish lira (TL) before the March 31 elections, is now buying US dollars from the market to prevent the TL from appreciating too much against the dollar. According to Central
The Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court handed down heavy sentences in the Kobani Trial on May 16. The most notable were the 42-year sentence for Selahattin Demirtaş and the 30-year sentence for Figen Yüksekdağ, both of whom were co-chairs of the HDP at the time. Their sentences were the natural headline in media. Like the
A few hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Hamas is “defending Anatolia’s frontline” in Gaza in Turkish parliament on May 15, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan appeared on a live NTV broadcast. Erdoğan grounded his assertion of “frontline defense” on the assumption that the radical government in power in Israil would eventually cast its