President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed two deputies of the Governor of the Turkish Central Bank (CBRT) and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (PPK) on October 14. It was made public with a Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette after Erdoğan met with Central Bank Governor Şahap Kavcıoğlu in the evening hours, October
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
Due to climate change, Springs are getting shorter while summers and winters are extending. It seems that Turkish-Greek relations are also affected by global warming. The warm climate which came after a painful year will not last long. Following the end of summer, as a result of NAVTEXES issued by both parties, the harsh rhetoric
Different inflation values are flying around in Turkey. If you look at the consumer price index of the Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat), which should be of interest to the average citizen, annual inflation is 19.6 percent. Yet, a growing number of citizens think that inflation is much higher, mainly because of increasing prices. There is
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
The foreign policy implemented unilaterally by one man is inherently difficult to predict and grandfathers great risks. If President Tayyip Erdoğan had consulted with career foreign policy officers, he would have known the risks of personally trying to play the United States and Russia against each other, and that it would have been much wiser
The Turkish Parliament is to resume legislative work after summer recess next week. The political outlook is as follows. Opposition leaders, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Meral Akşener of the Good Party (İYİ) have started to ruin President Tayyip Erdoğan’s game plan for the next elections with their outbursts in the
In his interview with CBS television which aired on September 24th, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave very important messages with regards to Turkish – US relations. The tone of Erdoğan’s messages was remarkably bold.When asked about Turkey’s purchase of the second batch of S-400 air defense systems from the Russian Federation, Erdoğan replied, “…No one
Olaf Scholz, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), won the elections held on September 26 in Germany. Until a year ago, German social democrats were considered to disappear from the political scene, and it was forecasted that the election would be between Christian Democratic candidate Armin Laschet and Green candidate Annalena Baerbock. Scholz