Journalist-Writer
After losing in the May presidential and legislative elections, Türkiye’s opposition is in turmoil both inner-party struggles and within the coalition it created prior to the elections. The six party opposition’s People Alliance’s partner İYİ Party’s first party congress after the elections held in Ankara on 24-25 June. The party’s leader Meral Akşener’s first speech
The Wagner uprising did not topple Russian President Vladimir Putin, but it shook his seat, reduced his power, and, if not all, shook his charisma. Putin’s claim that he now has full domestic support in the face of NATO pressure over the Ukraine war will no longer be as convincing as before. Among those breathing
The only common feature of the diplomatic contacts of Türkiye in the last few days, especially after the new bureaucracy was formed with the critical elections, is the focus on the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). With Hakan Fidan, to whom President Tayyip Erdoğan entrusted the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) for thirteen
People in the corridors of the Parliament are still asking why President Tayyip Erdoğan, contrary to widespread speculation, did not include former Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu and former Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar in the new cabinet, in other words, in the new A-Team he formed after the May 28 victory. Let’s leave aside
Even before the May 14 elections, there was talk in Ankara that if President Tayyip Erdoğan won the elections, Hakan Fidan, the head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT), could be appointed Foreign Minister and İbrahim Kalın, his chief advisor and spokesperson, could be appointed head of MIT. Indeed, Erdoğan won the election and
On June 5, Hakan Fidan took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, his classmate from Bilkent University. After leading the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) for 13 years, Fidan took the helm of Turkish foreign policy, something he has been involved in for the last 20 years. The worlds of intelligence and diplomacy
On June 3, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan first took the oath of office at the Turkish Grand National Assembly and began his third term as president after winning the elections on the second round on May 28. Then he laid flowers at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at Anıtkabir in the rain, and later,
With a victory on May 28 presidential run-off elections, President Erdoğan was re-elected as the president and won the right to form his cabinet to rule the executive branch in the following 5 years. On the morning of May 31, the value of the Turkish lira fell to an unprecedented low against the US dollar.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected for his third term at the seat after the run-off elections on May 28. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Erdoğan received 52.14 percent of the votes, while his opponent and opposition’s candidate Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 47.84 percent. The margin will
Türkiye is set to hold its presidential run-off today on May 28. As the boxes will open soon, I would like to write about an important international and economic outcome of the presidential race that may emerge depending on the result. It is based on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent remarks on the economy. On