Elections do change the fate of nations. Elections can have an effect upon the next generation’s tendencies to open up to the world. The biggest liability of the politicians therefore, is hidden in the electoral pledges for the young people. I have uttered these words for years and afterwards asked the same question: “Does politics
Although both Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and his unofficial coalition partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli almost every day say, “There is no early election,” the claims that early elections will be announced this fall are incessant. The allegations became flesh and bone when the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal
Turkey’s inflation keeps soaring as Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) May calculations indicate a 73 percent increase in annual Consumer Price Index (CPI), while independent inflation research group ENAGroup calculates 160 percent rise. According to TURKSTAT, the CPI increased by 2,98 percent in May 2022, reflected as 73.50 percent in annual increase. The Producer Price Index
President Tayyip Erdoğan, who lectures everyone on politics taken the moral high ground, asked main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 10 questions in his speech in which he defamed his political opponents with expressions such as “slut” and “rotten” in his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliamentary group meeting. CHP leader
The main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) popular Istanbul officials are under pressure of trials and political bans as Turkey is nearing the 2023 elections. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, whose rising popularity often put his name on the top of the list for the candidates against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Presidential race, was
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan summoned his top economy policy officials in a closed-door meeting at the presidency on May 31 amid announcements of new price hikes while high inflation keeps straining households. Erdoğan held an emergency meeting at the Presidency attended by Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was at a a opening-ceremony-turned-into-a-grand-rally for a grand construction project that aims to transform closed Atatürk Airport in Istanbul into a massive recreational area named “Nation’s Garden” withon the evening of the May 29, the leaders of the six opposition parties were holding their longest meeting in Ankara which lasted
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on May 23 that National Security Council (MGK) will discuss a new military operation into Syria at their next meeting to be held on May 26. The statement came after Erdoğan’s cabinet meeting and it was not a usual one. The president had previously announced cross-border military operations, but
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu alleged that President Tayyip Erdoğan and his family members are transferring large sums of US Dollars to the United States through two pro-government foundations, Service for Youth and Education Foundation of Turkey (TÜRGEV) and ENSAR, claiming that the president is planning to escape the country in
