Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel has responded to the corruption allegations against New York City Mayor Eric Adams involving Turkish officials. “Turkey is not a country that needs to resort to bribery,” Özel said, speaking in front of the Turkish House (Türkevi) in New York on Sep. 26. The
Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) Deputy Chairman Mustafa Aydın is under scrutiny for accepting substantial wedding gifts from bank executives whom he is responsible for regulating. Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, upon returning from a trip to the United States, immediately ordered an investigation into the matter, stating that “necessary actions will
Greek government assured Turkish government that “the violations will not recur,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said after contacting them in person following Greek coast guard vessels’ incursion into Turkish territorial waters off Bodrum and Datça, allegedly in pursuit of migrant smugglers. The Ministry of Interior released the following statement on their “X” (formerly Twitter) account
The situation in Lebanon has taken a precarious turn, as highlighted by Israel’s recent attacks on Hezbollah. The country finds itself at risk of descending into a more complex and potentially bloodier conflict than it has seen before. This escalation is pushing Lebanon to its limits, with the potential for spillover effects reaching as far
In a single move, Israel turned Hezbollah’s inter-organizational communication pagers into bombs that exploded at the same time, disabling at least 3,000 Hezbollah cadres, and killing at least nine people. It didn’t even need to know the names of the Hezbollah-affiliated people to be eliminated; now it knows all of them: It is enough for
When asked what would change for Türkiye if Donald Trump or Kamala Harris won the presidential elections in the US on November 5th, I can hear many of you saying “Nothing”. To understand, we need to look at which of today’s problems in Türkiye-US relations would be “normalized” – let’s not say solved – under
The funeral of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, was held in Didim, Aydın province, Türkiye on September 14. The ceremony underscored the diplomatic tensions surrounding her death and renewed calls for international accountability. Eygi was fatally shot on September 8 during a protest against Israeli
As far as we know, the first military sanctions applied by the US to Türkiye began on December 11, 1974. The apparent reason was the Cyprus operation on July 20, 1974. The real reason was different. The main reason for the US Congress’s decision to cut off military weapons and equipment sales to Türkiye was
Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel stated that under current conditions, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot run for another term, however, if he seeks re-election, the deadline for him to “knock the CHP’s door” for a compromise would be November 2025. Answering YetkinReport’s questions, Özel said, “He shouldn’t come after November 2025.