Journalist-Writer
The Constitutional Court rejected Osman Kavala’s individual application for his release on the violation decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The court ruled on his arrest by one vote. On 30 July 2008, the lawsuit on the closure of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was rejected with one vote, six votes
The government has increased the minimum wage to 2825 Turkish Liras (roughly $379) for 2021. “We kept our promise that we will not let our workers bow to inflation,” said Family, Labor and Social Policies Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, while announcing the increase on Dec. 28. The trade unions criticized the minister for “condemning workers to
Olay TV was an independent media initiative with a goal to become mainstream under the current conditions of Turkey. It only lasted 26 days. It is easy to accuse Cavit Çağlar, who named the broadcaster, because he could not withstand the pressure from the ruling power and withdrew. It is also easy to accuse Editor-in-Chief
We have long forgotten how witty jokes spice up politics. First Meral Akşener, the head of İYİ Party, and then Ali Babacan, the chair of DEVA Party reminded us of that on the same day. Devlet Bahçeli, the head of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the partner of President Tayyip Erdoğan, had called on
I was surprised when my source from security and foreign affairs of the state told me that “Things are rather monotonous nowadays,” upon my question on recent issues. This would be the last expression I would use to tell about what’s up in Turkey. It was another day of a record-high number of deaths from
I asked main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during a live interview on Olay TV late on Dec. 17 a question that has been avoided for a long time due to the political polarization in recent years. Could the CHP and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) amend the
Understanding what President Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to do is actually not that complicated. Like many other leaders, he foresees that political and economic relations and power balances will begin to be redefined in 2021. We are on the verge of a give-and-take process that only compares to what came after large-scale wars. Erdoğan aims
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that sanctions will be imposed on Turkey in accordance with the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) of the U.S. The justification is Turkey’s insistence on not giving up the S-400 missile systems it purchased from Russia. The fact that four bureaucrats were highlighted in the
The government officially admitted on Dec. 10 that it had been hiding the facts on the coronavirus Covid-19 disaster from the public for months. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the number of citizens infected since March 2020 was 1,748,576. This figure was announced for the first time, proving everyone who accused the government of hiding
What Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in his Victory Parade speech at the Azadliq Square in Baku on Dec. 10 is noteworthy: “They have always told us that there would be no military solution for this [Karabakh] issue. We have proved that there is a military solution to this issue. Would we wait for another