Sweden and Finland rely on USA for NATO membership
Sweden and Finland rely on the USA to make Turkey vote for thier NATO membership by putting pressure, and they do not change their tone. They act on the assumption that Turkey does not...
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Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
CHP Leader’s Istanbul move to shake up the opposition party
Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been spending almost all weekends in Istanbul, but when he went there after the Ramadan Eid, the situation was not very bright for CHP....
Will Turkey’s veto card against Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid work?
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statement on May 13 that Turkey would not consider Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership favorably, has exposed the conflict that has been going on behind closed doors since Russia’s...
Turkey hints vetoing Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey does not view Finland and Sweeden’s NATO bid positively, stating that the two countries “have become a safe haven for terrorism.” “We are following the developments...
Demirtaş from prison: “Opposition coact if not alliance”
“I am aware of the threat posed by the insensate power that the tyranny we face holds and does not hesitate to use.” These are the words of the imprisoned former co-chairman of the...
Top court upholds prison sentence to CHP’s İstanbul Chair
The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the prison sentence given to main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Istanbul Provincial Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu for her Twitter posts. CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu summoned all the party’s...
The Decline of the Middle Class in Turkey: Need for a Tax Reform
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...
“Being a mosque” in the Middle East: Erdoğan’s Riyadh visit
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...
US Supreme Court abortion law leak and judicial independence
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...
Turkey’s inflation soaring: 69 percent
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...