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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

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Mehmet Öğütçü
24 March 2025, Monday / Published in Politics

İmamoğlu Crisis in Türkiye escalating political and economic risks

Türkiye stands at a critical juncture in its political journey. The legal actions, political pressures, and the arrest and imprisonment of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 23rd yesterday not only aim to block his path to the presidency but are poised to reshape the country’s political landscape in profound ways. This issue, originally
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YetkinReport
23 March 2025, Sunday / Published in Politics

Court arrested and imprisoned İmamoğlu: A new stain on Turkish democracy

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested on March 23rd by an İstanbul Court on duty on charges of “bid rigging, recording personal data, bribery and establishing an organization of interest”. İmamoğlu was not arrested on charges of aiding the PKK within the framework of the “urban reconciliation” with Kurdish politicians but nevertheless
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Yusuf Kanlı
20 March 2025, Thursday / Published in Politics

Cyprus: No concession from Turks in Geneva, next meeting in July

The informal five-party Cyprus conference held on March 17-18, 2025, in Geneva once again highlighted the profound differences between the sides. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that the process would continue, with a new informal conference scheduled for July. However, despite extended discussions, no common ground was found for launching comprehensive negotiations. The conference’s most
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Ferhat Boratav
19 March 2025, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Where is the Real Armenia? New answers to old questions

Our short visit (*) to Armenia with a group of journalists from Türkiye allowed us to interview Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and talk to the country’s leaders. It is possible to summarize Pashinyan’s policy as ‘If you don’t have a big brother, it is best to make peace with the people in your neighborhood’. If
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YetkinReport
19 March 2025, Wednesday / Published in Politics

İstanbul Mayor Imamoğlu was detained: “We are facing a grand tyranny”

İstanbul’s opposition CHP member Metropolitan Mayor (IBB) Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained from his home on the morning of March 19. At 06:15 in the morning, the police arrived with a force of 20 vehicles at his official residence in Rumelihisarı district. They detained İmamoğlu within the framework of the investigation opened by the Istanbul Chief
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Yusuf Kanlı
17 March 2025, Monday / Published in Politics

Cyprus talks: a five-star exercise in futility

On March 17 and 18, Geneva will host an international gathering again that promises all the grandeur of a high-stakes negotiation but none of the actual progress. The so-called “informal” Cyprus talks will bring together Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, along with the three guarantor powers—Greece, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom—under the watchful eye of
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Murat Yetkin
13 March 2025, Thursday / Published in Politics

EU wants Turkish military but not its membership: a case of hypocrisy

When I say hypocrisy of the European Union’s suggestion to Türkiye, I am not referring to the proposal by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to President Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on March 12. Tusk wants Turkey to take a leading role in the Russia-Ukraine talks. But this is not just in the hands of Poland,
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Murat Yetkin
12 March 2025, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Ankara’s conditional support for US-bound SDF deal in Syria

The agreement announced on March 10 on the Kurdish-base Syrian Defense Forces, SDF joining the Syrian army was brokered by the US, with Ankara playing a secondary role. Nevertheless, Ankara does not want to bind itself to the agreement, saying it is “cautiously optimistic” and will observe whether it is implemented by both the Ahmed
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Yusuf Kanlı
12 March 2025, Wednesday / Published in Politics

Future of NATO: with or without the US?

NATO has been the cornerstone of Western security for over seven decades, preventing another world war despite setbacks in various conflicts. However, with Donald Trump back in the White House and openly questioning America’s role in the alliance, NATO’s future has become increasingly uncertain. Can Europe step up and defend itself without the US? What
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Murat Yetkin
07 March 2025, Friday / Published in Politics

“The genie is out of the bottle”. Ankara discusses a Europe without NATO

This sentence, uttered by the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to the Financial Times, summarizes the view of Türkiye regarding the changing global geopolitics in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s comments in the last few weeks. This sentence is preceded by “Türkiye would want to be part of any new European security architecture
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  • PKK tells Ankara no disarmament congress unless led by Öcalan28 April 2025
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  • İmamoğlu effect: Turkish Central Bank raised policy rate to 46 pct17 April 2025
  • Erdoğan’s ally Bahçeli wants İmamoğlu case to end urgently15 April 2025
  • The Turkish position as Israel wants the US to dismantle Iran, too13 April 2025
  • The latest Turkish PKK move is a new generation disarmament Project13 April 2025
  • Straying jurists cause the UK to dishonour its international undertakings9 April 2025
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