Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
As the leaders of G20 countries are getting ready to go to Indonesia to have their first face-to-face meeting after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Türkiye found itself without an envoy in Jakarta, right in the middle of preparations for the summit due to take place on November 15. Professor Aşkın Asan, a former parliamentarian
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu posted a social media message on November 6. His message was like proof that the subject of fighting against drugs and drug cartels had become a part of political discourse ahead of elections. The message was in Serbian. He posted that message after Serbian criminal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılçdaroğlu are in a growing row after the latter accused the ruling government of paving the way for drug cartels to flourish in Turkey. Kılıçdaroğlu has become the first politician to be investigated under the contentious “disinformation law,” which was passed
Please take a good look at the photo above very closely. This photo is just one of the signs that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is pushing the boundaries of political opportunism and double standards as the elections approach. Think of it this way: how would the AKP, its partner Nationalist Movement Party
It seems increasingly less likely that the results of the U.S. Midterm elections will help clear the clouds menacing American democracy. Anand Giridharadas, commenting on recent developments in world politics said: “We are living through a revolt against the future”. The former New York Times columnist is right on target. Throughout the world we are
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group’s deputy chair Mahir Ünal announced his resignation from his position in the party on October 31, after his comments against early republican reforms stirred debate. In fact, Ünal’s seat began to shake when AKP’s “People’s Alliance” partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli made a harsher
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Ankara is hopeful that the Black Sea Initiative for grain export will be resumed while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to hold bilateral talks with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on the issue on November 1. “We get many questions about whether the grain corridor will continue after Russia’s
The developments in the last five days have shown that Türkiye is facing the cold reality of a “Russian winter”. The Russian winter affects every country and region differently. In Europe, the Russian winter has an impact because of natural gas shortages and the domestic policy problems that it will bring. The Russian winter has
European Commission’s 2022 Turkey observation report entered Turkey’s agenda and exited almost at the same time it was published, mainly because it carves the contentious issues in the EU’s favour and the righteous determinations and criticism of the report get to be officially ignored. While the penultimate statement in the report that “Turkey is a
Marking the sixth month since the human rights defenders were sentenced to 18 years in prison for the case brought against the 2013 Gezi Park protests, we face another judicial scandal. Let me remind you first that the case against the Gezi Protests, which was a nationwide civil protest that happened in May-June 2013, was