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The rumors about the health condition of the Turkish President Tayyip started with a hashtag on Twitter on November 3, the 19th anniversary of the elections that brought his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in power.In a few hours, allegations spread beyond the reach of social media. Media outlets and embassies in Ankara were trying
For a couple of days, there have been offbeat speculations over who will be the opposition candidate to challenge President Tayyip Erdoğan in the next elections scheduled to be held in June 2023. The debate started when journalist Emin Çapa wrote on his Twitter account that a CEO who did not want to be named
The crisis, which started when ten western ambassadors in Ankara collectively demanded the release of the rights activist Osman Kavala and escalated when President Tayyip Erdoğan denounced them as persona non grata, ended with the back steps taken.First, on the afternoon of October 25, the US Embassy declared on its Twitter account that it would
It seems that President Tayyip Erdoğan’s statement on October 23 that he gave instructions to Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to deport 10 western ambassadors from Turkey as persona non grata will have serious consequences.It takes neither diplomacy nor economics genius to forecast this. Even the fact that Erdoğan requested the deportation of the ambassadors of
Turkish Industry and Business Association TUSIAD were known for its political-social messages to governments in the past. It was not possible to separate the economy from the law, politics, and foreign policy. However, President Tayyip Erdoğan began to perceive these messages as a threat to his power even when he was the prime minister. After
At first glance, it seems that the row over bureaucracy started with a Twitter video message by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). He called on bureaucrats on October 16, with a slightly threatening tone that from October 18, Monday on they should not sign the “illegal requests”
The postures and looks in the photograph taken during President Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with the Turkish Central Bank (CBRT) Governor Şahap Kavcıoğlu on the evening of October 13, actually sum up the situation. Following that meeting Erdoğan dismissed three policymakers of the CBRT which was followed by a further depreciation of the Turkish lira; 1
Turkey is becoming a country targeted by politicians who have domestic concerns like winning an election. For Western leaders who do not want to mess with China or Russia, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey is portrayed as “the other”, or the “enemy of choice”. Erdoğan and his narrow circle may regard this as proof of their
These days, both the government and the opposition in Turkey speak of the promise of change.For the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and its supporter Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), change means a change in the electoral law and the Constitution to maintain power.For the opposition, the change is not only the removal of President