Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) ratified Sweden’s NATO membership protocol, ending over a year of dispute over Ankara’s veto. 346 MPs participated in the vote on January 23, with 287 votes in favor of ratifying Sweden’s NATO membership, 55 against and four abstentions. Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and
Türkiye has approved Sweden’s participation in NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise, which is due to start this week, even though the nordic country is not yet a member. Steadfast Defender 2024, which starts this week and will last for three months, will be NATO’s largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War.
The energy war, the ethnic war, the religion/sect-based war, the trade war, the technology war, the water war, the war against terrorism, and the war for regional dominance are taking place right next to us. If we cannot read these better in the light of the global struggle and strategic moves and do not take
The Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan is under spotlight over claims about her father interfering with bureaucratic affairs in the bank. The governor denies rumours, stating she will “use her legal rights.” The Central Bank of the Turkish Republic (CBRT) governor Hafize Gaye Erkan’s father, Erol Erkan, made the headlines in Türkiye on
“If we had not been there, the organization’s attacks on our borders would have continued as before and we would have paid a higher price in our own cities,” Yaşar Güler said on January 16 as he and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan briefed the Turkish Grand National Assembly in response to the PKK attack to
President Tayyip Erdoğan is on the verge of one of the most difficult decisions of his political life. He has to take this strategic step with high political risk not only as a president but also as a rulnig Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Parliament’s winter recess ends
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense (MSB) confirmed on January 12 that nine Turkish soldiers were killed while four others sustained injuries during a clash with PKK militants in the Pençe-Kilit Operation (Operation Claw-Lock) area in Northern Iraq. The injured soldiers were swiftly transported to a medical facility, where they are currently undergoing treatment, according
From President Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech at the 97th anniversary ceremony of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) on January 10, it is possible to draw a few important conclusions or ask questions in terms of Türkiye’s security approach. Before proceeding with the analysis, let us make a few brief notes. “We are living in an era
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s glance at Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç’s cell phone has become a hot topic in Ankara politics. We will get to that, but first, let me tell you the news. When it was revealed that no replacement for Türkiye’s Ambassador to Washington Murat Mercan, who will complete his term on January 14
President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Tayyip Erdoğan took a strategic step and entrusted the local election goal of “Istanbul Again” to former minister Murat Kurum. Kurum was not the candidate most likely to take the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality from the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu. For