It is difficult to make a meaningful assumption as to when foreign investors will again start to make strategic investments in Turkey. It is, however, less difficult to predict that foreign investors will not start investing in Turkey in levels close to those between 2005-2015 in the near future. Is there something to be done
The US sanctions imposed on Turkey, due to the purchase of Russian made S-400s, by the US President Donald Trump days before he is to hand over the Presidency to Joe Biden is a harbinger of a turbulent period in Turkey-US relations.The current conundrum has also led to adverse repercussions in NATO.The sanctions were introduced
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
In a letter to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, Turkey-US Business Council (TAIK) Chairman Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ said that sanctioning Turkey could harm economic relations between the two countries and more trade could help to ease the political tension. Yalçındağ, who is also known for his friendship with former U.S. President Donald Trump, congratulated Biden in
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
Journalist Bahadır Özgür discusses why Tümosan AŞ, the designated engine producer of Turkish tank project Altay, has been split into two companies, even extending the saga of the ongoing domestic defense bid. Albayrak Group, a Turkish holding company not to be confused with the businesses of the family of former minister and President Erdoğan’s son-in-law,
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