U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly agreed with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan over setting up a study group to examine Russian S-400 missiles’ interferences with the F-35 jets. This news has sparked a certain optimism in Ankara among government circles about a possible call by Trump to save Turkey from possible sanctions. Yet, a June

It is almost clear what might happen if all chances are not exhausted in the crisis between the U.S. and Turkey over the Turkish decision to purchase Russian S-400 missile systems. Here are some of them: Russian missiles would be delivered to Turkey soon and be activated, The U.S. Administration would then likely suspend the

“This has never happened in political history before” Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claims; “It’s the first time that a one-man rule was defeated through the ballot box:; we’re writing a new chapter in political history.” He carried on to elaborate that the results of the March 31 municipal elections, where

A hundred years ago on May 19, 1919, Mustafa Kemal Pasha set foot on the Black Sea port of Samsun as a young general of the defeated Turkish army under the Ottoman Rule with a handful of his brothers in arms. His mission as the commander of the 9th Army as mandated by Sultan Vahdettin

Can Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan find a way to cancel the Istanbul municipal election re-run set to take place on June 23, if he thinks Ekrem İmamoğlu of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) could win again? The answer of the American think tank The Washington Institute’s Turkey program chief Soner Çağaptay is a

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) members to cancel the results of the March 31 municipal election for Istanbul, where the opposition candidate won, in order to “clear the stain” and “vindicate” on themselves, on the eve of a key meeting for the ruling. During a speech on May 4

As soon as the Ankara court released Osman Sarıgün who was under detention, on April 24, for stamping the main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on April 21, supporters of President Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) were seen taking pictures with him, kissing his hand in praise of the attack Spokespersons from Kılıçdaroğlu’s

Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was attacked by an angry nationalist crowd on April 21 as he was attending the funeral of a soldier. Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was attacked in the Çubuk district of Ankara, near the international Esenboğa airport during the funeral ceremony of private Yener

Turkish Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak said he had an unscheduled visit to the U.S. President Donald Trump on April 15, amid tension between the two allies over a number of issues over Turkey’s decision to purchase Russian made S-400 missiles. Albayrak told to a group of journalists in Washington DC that during the

One of the few things that Turkey was proud of about its democracy used to be the vote count system in the elections. Usually they were accurately be counted and announced a few hours after the polling stations are closed. Not anymore. The March 31 local elections turned into a disaster because of vote counts