It Was Not Only the Turkish Bar Chairman Who Lost
Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) elected Erinç Sağkan as its new president in December 5 elections. He was running against Metin Feyzioğlu who had been elected as the head of the top legal...
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Kılıçdaroğlu Launches Election Campaign: I Have an Oath
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu launched his party’s election campaign in Southern Province of Mersin on December 4; way earlier than its scheduled date on June 18, 2023 because the...
UAE funds Turkey and Israel: Cold Peace in the Middle East
The official visit of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) to Turkey on November 24 was analysed from a commercial and economic perspective in Turkey. The political significance of...
Need for a broad coalition for the opposition
Turkey is now experiencing a coalition government in a one-party rule under an administrative system which was constituted over complaints about vulnerable coalition governments of the 1970s and 1990s. President Tayyip Erdoğan propagated the...
Istanbul court keeps Kavala in prison
Istanbul court ruled philanthropist Osman Kavala’s four-year-long pre-trial detention to continue in a trial that has become a subject of diplomatic relations for Turkey. Istanbul 13th Criminal Court ruled for the continuation of the...
Police detains Turkish opposition politician for espionage
Retired soldier Metin Gürcan, a member of the founding board of DEVA Party, announced on his social media account that he was detained on charges of “political espionage”. Gürcan shared the following message on...
Turkey-UAE: From Muslim Brotherhood to Brotherhood of Money
Until a few months ago, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration has been holding the powerful name of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, responsible for every move...
How will AKP be able to go ask for votes?
President Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members on November 23, as the currency crisis hit Turkey like a storm. The more Erdogan spoke, the more the Turkish Lira depreciated...
What next? Economic Jihad? Return to 90s or 70s?
“There is no Economic War of Independence. They are trying to deceive people who are left with dry bread in their hands as if they are defending their homeland,” Ali Babacan, the leader of DEVA...
Erdoğan Kılıçdaroğlu debate over insult cases
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s announcement that he has withdrawn 17 insult and defamation lawsuits against opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has started a new debate in politics. Claiming that the cases...