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On the day when the contentious draft bill that stipulates amendments in the numerous laws such as press law, internet law and criminal code which was dubbed as “Censorship Law” by the opposition and “Disinformation Law” by the ruling block, voted at the parliament on October 13, a banner was circulating in the social media.
Moscow was the first to announce Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with President Tayyip Erdoğan in Astana on October 13. Then followed Ankara; Erdoğan was to co-chair the strategy cooperation talks between Turkey and Kazakhstan with the President of Kazakhstan Kasym Tokayev and to attend the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia on
Türkiye’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu departed on October 9 to the United States, for a four-day visit that aims “to exchange views with the prominent figures on latest technological and scientific developments, as well as those who oppose neo-liberal policies”. “This journey is a part of the program that aims
Türkiye’s National Football Team was pooled with Armenia along with Croatia, Wales and Latvia as the ten UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying groups have been confirmed following the draw in Frankfurt on October 9. The draw reminded a diplomatic phenomenon from back in 2008 as Armenia and Turkey had been pooled in the same group in
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements last May brought the issue of reconciliation with Syria and the Bashar al Assad government to Türkiye’s agenda. The signals were so strong that many thought that a meeting with Syria at the Minister or the Deputy Minister level could be possible on the margins of the UN General Assembly in
Turkey is expected to appoint its former Consul General to Jerrusalem, Şakir Torunlar, as the new Tel Aviv Ambassador, amid major reshuffle in ambassadorial posts including London and NATO, the Foreign Ministry decree revealed on Oct. 6. The Turkish Foreign Ministry stipulated a major reshuffle in ambassadorial posts with a decree issued on Oct. 6.
One of the most difficult tasks in the Foreign Ministry must be the job of the spokesperson of the Ministry. When they appear in front of the press, the spokespersons have to give enough information to satisfy the journalists while at the same time not say anything about the essence of the matter, a mission
“All six parties are rivals, but the real rivalry is with the other side,” DEVA Party Leader Ali Babacan said on Oct. 3, at the press dinner in Ankara. The leader of one of the six parties that formed an alliance against President Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the
After a very turbulent few weeks, the six opposition parties that formed an alliance against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the upcoming elections started the second round of talks hosted by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on October 2. Before the meeting, all the parties in the “Table of Six” alliance
Following the suicide bombing attack on a police station in the Southern province of Mersin on Sep. 26, imprisoned politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the Kurdish-issue-focused People’s Democracy Party (HDP), posted a series of messages on his Twitter account on the evening of 30 September. With these messages, Demirtaş was taking a stance