If asked who had the biggest financial blast in the last twenty years in Turkey, it is safe to say that it was the middle-class. Having never been strong in Turkish history, the middle-class lost further power with the neoliberal-populist policies of recent years. These policies, focused on gaining the consent of the upper and
I was once a screen regular of Turkey’s one of the leading comedy writer Gülse Birsel’s TV Show European Side/Avrupa Yakası. Recently, I am hooked on Ali Sunal and his team’s Güldür Güldür comedy sketch show on Show TV. Last Saturday night, the show advertised that among the sketches to be aired after the commercial
On January 6, 1955, Turkey’s late Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, flew to Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi and Lebanese governments respectively. The visit was organized to reciprocate the state visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Said to Turkey in the fall of 1954. Nuri Said (Pasha) who graduated from an Ottoman military academy
The US public’s anger against the US Supreme Court’s leaked draft of abortion ruling to overturn a 1973 landmark jurisprudence in the Rove v Wade decision 49 years, almost a half century, later and the President Biden recommending that the Court should not do so demonstrate how much the judiciaries have become politicised and how
Turkey’s inflation continues soaring as Turkish Statistical Institute announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 7,25 in April, 69 percent annually. Domestic Producer Price Index (D-PPI) increased by 121,82 percent on annual basis and 7,67 on monthly basis. According to the independent research group ENA Group which calculates inflation with daily data sets,
Abuse of a child in a Directorate of Religious Affairs’ Qur’an Course; a party’s vice-president receiving the Metropolitan Municipality tender; a cocaine trial related to a former president of a major association; investigation of a tender of a metropolitan municipality subsidiary; suspicious acquittal of a business person; claims related to presidential administration affairs; photograph of
Public administration is the key to people’s collective realization of their aspirations and sustainable development. There are seven areas where the public administration is expected to actively undertake responsibility: 1. Securing the rule of law,2. Creating a level playing ground for competitive markets and macro-economic stability,3. Ensuring proper investments for fundamental infrastructural initiatives, education, health,
World is watching Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s head-spinning foreign policy maneuvers closely, both with appreciation and caution. One day, Erdogan send United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres off to Moscow as the Secretary General is scheduled to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensy. On the other day, we see Turkey’s president
Turkey’s opposition coalition partner Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) leader Ali Babacan announced on April 27 that his party will enter the election with its own name and organization, stirring a debate if that move is a consequence of a crack in the 6-party opposition alliance. The alliance has been discussing new election strategies after
Another day of historical importance in the process of Turkey’s Istanbul Convention will be recorded as April 28, 2022. Today, Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention will be brought to trial. On Thursday, April 28, at 9:45, the 10th Chamber of the Council of State will discuss the 10 cases over 200 applications