Disney+ has pulled its upcoming series about the life of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, sparking widespread outrage from the Turkish government, opposition, and civil society. Disney’s decision to cancel the series “Atatürk,” which was planned to be broadcast on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic, came after the Armenian
Türkiye’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) seem to be on edge, evinced by their prominent member’s behaviour when they visited the western province of Muğla, Akbelen, to support the protesters who have been in clash with security forces to prevent their forest to be cleared for a coal field. The CHP Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, along
The locals of a small village in Turkey’s Western province of Muğla, İkizköy have been in struggle with police and gendermerie for nine days to prevent their forest, the Akbelen woodland, from being cut for a thermal power plant. The conflict began when YK Energy, a subsidiary of Limak Holding and IC Holding, began to
According to polling Metropoll’s post-election survey, 23 percent of those who voted for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s coalition and 29 percent of those who voted for the opposition want another party they could vote for. Truly, there is a part of society that is unhappy with the way the country’s progress in the rule of
Will Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan be invited to the informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers of European Union in Toledo, Spain to be held on August 30th? This question is seeking an answer within the busy schedule of the Foreign Ministry these days. Because this meeting will be an indicator for President Tayyip Erdoğan’s
Since the July 11 – 12, 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Turkey – European Union relations have started to be discussed again. However, it is important to see if there is any substance to this debate. Relations have gone backwards, especially since the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, the seventh anniversary of which we just
Journalists’ Union of Türkiye (TGS) has recently published a new report titled “Journalism in Turkey: Perception and Profile Survey,” which included striking results that most journalists receive low salaries, work 45 hours or more per week under serious pressure and without many social rights. That got me thinking about the term “activist journalist” which is
After signing a series of tax hikes over the weekend, President Tayyip Erdoğan is traveling to the United Arab Emirates this week in search of investment and debt. On July 17-18, he will attend the G20 meetings in Gandhinagar, India, where he will be joined by Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek and Central Bank
President Tayyip Erdoğan left Türkiye on July 10 to attend NATO Summit in Lithuania saying, “First pave the way for Türkiye in the European Union, and then we will pave the way for Sweden.” After a two-hour flight, he landed in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, where the summit will be held on July 11-12.
In an unexpected move, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan linked Sweden’s application to the Western defense alliance NATO on July 10 with practically frozen relations of Türkiye with the European Union (EU). “First, let’s pave the way for Türkiye in the EU, and then we will pave the way for Sweden just as we did for