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Turkey’s political and economic agenda is locked in a meeting between President Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Joe Biden within the framework of the NATO summit on June 14. This meeting is important but not only in terms of the future of bilateral relations, which have been tested by serious crises in recent years. As
Turkey, Diyarbakır-based Dicle Social Research Center (DİTAM), hosted Konda Research Company General Manager Bekir Ağırdır at its online meeting “The Effects of the Pandemic and the Economic Crisis on the Kurdish Issue – Is A New Peace Process Possible?” on June 10.The debate on the declared title soon turned into a search for the answer
The most likely scenario for the bilateral meeting between President Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Joe Biden on June 14 is becoming clear. So let us look at the circumstances in which this meeting will take in place to put in into perspective.1- This meeting is important but not only in in terms of Turkey-U.S.
When will the deep silence of the government be broken on fugitive mafia leader Sedat Peker’s allegations?With the 2019 local election defeat, it was clear that things would not be the same in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and internal conflicts would emerge. This was inevitable as the cake shrank with the loss
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s relation with Russian President Vladimir Putin is not like it used to be after the five years of close ties. Winds have changed since the Ukraine crisis. On May 31, when Putin extended the flight restriction to Turkey for another month, Ankara’s expectations that the current account deficit would be narrowed through
Fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker, who has been airing Youtube videos full of serious allegations against government and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) figures, implied that he will reveal issues concerning President Tayyip Erdoğan in his next video. “We will come to terms with you Brother Erdoğan,” said Peker in his eighth video on
“Women brought President Tayyip Erdoğan to power, now women can lead to the end of his rule,” is a presumption that might come true but not only because of the rivalry of İYİ Party (Good Party) leader Meral Akşener.Still, Erdoğan threatened her, saying that “These are your good days. See what will happen in the
President Tayyip Erdoğan broke ended his silence about the video broadcasts of the fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker on May 26 and gave full support to Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu against Peker’s accusations. Peker has been releasing YouTube videos since the beginning of May accusing Soylu of turning a blind eye on several international
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu attended a live debate on private broadcaster Habertürk late on May 25, responding to questions by journalists on the recent allegations about him by Sedat Peker, the fugitive mob leader.He skilfully avoided core questions thanks to his abilities as a politician trained from the cradle, putting forward the “imperialist plots
Fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker has released his seventh video full of accusations about Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s family, former Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar and other prominent politicians. He also claimed that Ağar was behind the assassination of journalist Uğur Mumcu on Jan 24, 1993, with the victimized journalists’ family