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Murat Yetkin
08 January 2024, Monday / Published in Politics

Erdoğan’s strategic nod for Istanbul mayoral race: Murat Kurum

President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Tayyip Erdoğan took a strategic step and entrusted the local election goal of “Istanbul Again” to former minister Murat Kurum. Kurum was not the candidate most likely to take the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality from the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. For
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Murat Yetkin
04 January 2024, Thursday / Published in Economy

Bayraktar tops taxpayer list, but why others choose anonymity?

The Ministry of Treasury and Finance published Türkiye’s top taxpayers list after 3 years on January 3, revealing that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Türkiye’s drone manufacturer Baykar’s chairman, Selçuk Bayraktar, has been the top taxpayer for three years in a row: 2020, 2021, and 2022. First of all, congratulations to Bayraktar. He became
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Murat Yetkin
03 January 2024, Wednesday / Published in Politics

From CHP leader to Erdoğan: “They cannot find a candidate to win”

“Their search continues. But they cannot find candidates to win,” the main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Özgür Özel said, stating that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ruling block, “People’s Alliance,” have not yet announced their candidates for the upcoming local elections, especially for critical cities like Ankara and Istanbul. “My
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Murat Yetkin
22 December 2023, Friday / Published in Politics

An example of a foreign policy u-turn: Erdoğan congratulates Es-Sisi

Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate announced on December 21 that President Tayyip Erdoğan congatulated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Es-Sisi on his election for the third term. At first glance, it appears to be a routine courtesy call, but Erdoğan had for years called Sisi a “coup plotter”, bringing Egypt-Türkiye relations to a freezing point. Before I
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Murat Yetkin
20 December 2023, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Political flux behind Turkish Airline’s aircraft purchase from Airbus

Germany’s national airline Lufthansa announced on December 19 that it signed a $9 billion deal with US aircraft manufacturer Boeing for the purchase of 100 aircraft and with Airbus for the purchase of 60 aircraft. Four days earlier, on December 15, Turkish Airlines (THY) announced that it had signed its largest-ever aircraft purchase agreement with
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Murat Yetkin
18 December 2023, Monday / Published in Politics

Does Turkish CB Governor think Erdoğan needs “Sadık Abi” too?

Perhaps Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, Turkish Minister of Treasury and Finance, will also need one “Sadık Abi.” “Abi” means elder brother in Turkish and is also a courtesy word for someone older than you whom you respect and like. Mr. “Sadık Abi” appears to be the janitor of the building where Central Bank of the Republic
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Murat Yetkin
15 December 2023, Friday / Published in Politics

Further pressure on Türkiye for Sweden’s NATO bid: Will Ankara give in?

Yesterday, on December 14, there were two important developments that show that Türkiye’s relations with both the United States and the European Union have become even more strained over the common denominator of Sweden’s NATO membership. One was the EU leaders’ summit’s acceptance of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia as candidate members, and the other was
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Murat Yetkin
14 December 2023, Thursday / Published in Politics

Turkish local election traffic jam: AKP’s deals, CHP’s moves

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to announce its candidates for the upcoming local election on December 15. Before the big announcement where all the municipal candidates will be revealed, political traffic has become quite hectic. President Erdoğan had a meeting with New Welfare Party (YRP) leader Fatih Erbakan
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Murat Yetkin
13 December 2023, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Zionism, Anti-Semitism and Biden’s crocodile tears

US Vice President Joe Biden has stated that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is losing international support due to its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza. It would be naive to believe that this will prevent the Israeli government from carrying out its inexorable campaign against the Palestinian people. Especially because Biden approved the emergency sale
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Murat Yetkin
07 December 2023, Thursday / Published in Politics

Erdoğan in Athens: “Eat a mouthful bite but don’t make big promises”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is in Athens today for talks with Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis. The High Level Cooperation meeting, which has not been held for seven years, will also take place on this occasion. With steps such as the mutual reduction of military exercises in the Aegean Sea, the world could have a
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  • Proving it can disrupt the game if not invited: unseen power of Türkiye28 May 2025
  • Pro-gov’t paper Yeni Şafak slams Turkish economy: an anti-Şimşek op27 May 2025
  • US Ambassador Barrack: Syria will not be divided, no new Sykes-Picot26 May 2025
  • Özel to Erdoğan: “You are a local dictator. You will leave as you came.”20 May 2025
  • UK-Türkiye: More than just a free trade agreement on the horizon20 May 2025
  • Towards a simultaneous solution to Ukraine, Syria and the Kurdish issues16 May 2025
  • The PKK’s decision to dissolve and questions to the Turkish government13 May 2025
  • Turkish public awareness of the disbanding of the PKK is low: survey13 May 2025
  • Türkiye is at the threshold for a solution to its chronic Kurdish problem9 May 2025
  • Security is the new dynamic in EU-Turkish relations9 May 2025
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