Journalist-Writer
In an unprecedented response to the US downing of a Turkish UCAV in Syria on October 5, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on October 6 that “the operation was not affected,” referring to the operations of Turkish military and intelligence forces against the PKK, which claimed responsibility for the October 1 bombing to
After the October 1st bomb attack on the Interior Ministry, which is claimed by the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) affiliated group, Ankara has adopted a more hawkish stance both politically and militarily. This hawkishness happens on two fronts, one military and the other diplomatic with two operations challenging the West. Statements from Foreign Minister Hakan
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech opening the new legislative year on October 1 was overshadowed by the terrorist attack on the Interior Ministry a few hours earlier, a few hundred meters away from the Parliament building. Erdoğan had to add the sentence “This morning’s action is the last efforts of terrorism” to the sentence “We have
The main factor keeping Osman Kavala and the Gezi Trial prisoners in jail is not the law. It is not even the Constitution and legislation. If it were, the decisions of the Constitutional Court (AYM) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) would have been implemented in due time; they would not have been
Nikol Pashinyan’s political inexperience and opportunism continue to cost Armenia dearly, while İlham Aliyev’s dynamic alliance policy and experience continue to benefit Azerbaijan. Of course, while the Armenian leadership’s supporters, particularly the US and France, are losing ground, Iran is skidding in place, if not losing ground. Meanwhile, along with Azerbaijan, Russia, Türkiye, and Israel
When President Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned the possibility of Türkiye parting ways with the European Union on his way to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, no one from the EU has so far said “Don’t go, stay; we’ll give you what you want”. Perhaps there is an expectation among the Turkish President and
The US administration imposed sanctions 5 Turkish companies and 1 Turkish citizen for violating US sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war, Reuters reported on September 14. “For the past 18 months, we’ve shared our concerns with the Turkish government and private sector and informed them of the significant risks of doing business with those
Something happened to President Tayyip Erdoğan after he won the election. First, interest rates started to rise, which he said would not happen “as long as he is in charge”. Then he backtracked on his invention of the FX protected deposit scheme (KKM). His hopes of meeting US President Joe Biden at the G20 Summit
President Tayyip Erdoğan on his trip to India to attend the G20 Summit. The theme of this year’s summit, to be held in New Delhi on September 9-10, is “One World, One Family, One Future”, taken from the ancient Sanskrit concept of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”. “The theme affirms the value of all life – human, animal,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has presented the awaited Medium Term Economic Programme (MTP) on September 6 in an event attended by the economy cadres of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Emphasised as Türkiye’s roadmap for 2024-2026 period, the MTP promises to increase the GDP to 1.3 trillion US dollars and per capita