Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Only a mere 21.7 percent of the Turkish population is satisfied with their living standards, according to recent survey by MetroPOLL, which also highlighted a correlation between satisfaction and political choices. Responds to the survey’s key question, “Are you satisfied with your life standard?”, vastly varied among voters of different political parties, with some 41
Murat Yetkin President Tayyip Erdoğan is scheduled to discuss the Syria and Idlib crisis with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 5 March in Moscow. Before this contact, there is more news that the forces affiliated with the Bashar Assad regime were attacking Turkish troops around Idlib, and that a U.S. delegation including the U.N. Permanent
Nuri Çolakoğlu I’ve been watching the news and debates on TV, reading reports and comments on the internet for weeks. Of course, the agenda is invariably Idlib. But when I try to understand the issue and solve the equation, I see that the most crucial point is overlooked: an undying longing of 200 years. I’ll
Murat Yetkin As tension in the Middle East escalated further after Turkish F-16s downed two Syrian Su-24 jets on the Syrian territory on March 1, President Donald Trump sends a key figure of his administration to Turkey ahead of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 5. Kelly
Behlül Özkan In April 1986, bombings were carried out to passenger buses in Syria and a Latakia-Aleppo train in Syria. Newspapers in Turkey reported that dozens of people had been killed during the attack. According to the Syrian state television, the 5 people who organized the attack got arrested at the Al Farouk hotel in
While trying to understand what’s going on in the Turkey-Russia rift over Syria, two things must be kept in mind. Firstly, the fact that the situation of the Syrian refugees is the first major humanitarian plight, the first major affront to humanity, of the 21st century. We’re witnessing it right now: as soon as Ankara
At least 34 (*) Turkish soldiers have been killed in attacks in Syria’s Idlib, officials sources have confirmed, with the government announcing that it has responded to the offence by the Assad regime. Ankara has decided to retaliate the attacks, said Fahrettin Altun, the communications director of the Turkish Presidency, following a top-level meeting in
Only four days ago, on Feb. 22, President Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey announced he would host the second Idlib meeting on March 5 in Istanbul with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. On Feb. 25, before leaving for Azerbaijan, Erdoğan said that “Despite the lack
Only a few hours after announcing in the Aegean province of İzmir on Feb. 22 that “a few Turkish soldiers were martyred” in Libya, President Tayyip Erdoğan said in the nearby district of Bergama that he would meet with the Russian, French and German leaders on March 5 to talk Syria. It is still uncertain
Social activits businessman Osman Kavala, accused of attempting to overthrow the -now President Tayyip Erdoğan’s government through the Gezi protests in 2013 was acquitted by an Istanbul court along with others on Feb. 18, 2020 after being kept 840 days in prison. But only a few hours later, another arrest warrant was issued against him,