Journalist-Writer
While the latest election polls showed that the meltdown in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its “People Alliance” partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) votes continued, not only the economy but also the judiciary ring alarm bells. “We have an issue with the right to a fair trial,” the Constitutional Court (AYM) president
When the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power, one of their promises was to fight against “3Ys” that are prohibitions, poverty and corruption. In the first year of their rule, certain progress was made in these areas with an expectation of strengthening relations with the European Union (EU). When the EU hopes
Whenever President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his People Alliance partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli meet, something changes in Turkey. This time President Erdoğan visited Bahçeli at his apartment in Ankara on Jan. 5, just like last year. President’s Communication office announced that the visit was to celebrate the nationalist leader’s birthday, which
On January 4, when the people of Kazakhstan took to the streets to protest against fuel and food hikes, President Tayyip Erdoğan was addressing the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) provincial leaders in Ankara. The opposition was at his target: “They say they take to the streets to fill the squares without feeling any
The political calculations in Ankara have become more or less clear: the opposition will delay announcing their presidential candidate unless the government will respond to their early election call positively. Last month, I had the opportunity to meet with the leaders of three opposition parties: main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, İYİ
In his New Year’s message published at 10:00 am on December 31 2021, President Tayyip Erdogan said: “We will continue our fight against the plots of excessive price that emerged after the increase in global commodity prices well as the unbalanced rise of the exchange rate. We are determined to reach our goals by placing
There is a strange equation here. President Tayyip Erdoğan, or those courting favor of him, think that they discredit opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu by obstructing his attempts to visit public institutions. Yet, oddly enough, it was Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) itself that rose to power by benefitting from
The Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) members filled the Ankara Atatürk Sports Hall for the party’s first Ankara congress, listening to the newly founded opposition party’s leader Ali Babacan. In his heated speech, the sections that he mentioned President Tayyip Erdoğan were the parts that the crowd reacted to the most as he often felt
The year 2021 was a bumpy road for US-Turkey relations. Remembering what has happened since the beginning of the year would allow us to understand what is happening more comprehensively and foresee what might happen in US-Turkey relations in 2022. What happened in 2021? First, US President Joe Biden recognized April 24 as the Armenian
At the Republican People’s Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara, Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu defies Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who announced that the ministry initiated a “special audit” against the municipality on the suspicion that they recruit “terrorists.” “If you have detected terrorists, then do what’s diligent,” İmamoğlu said, with eleven mayors of the opposition