Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
The issue of Syrian refugees returning to their home country from Türkiye has become the second hot electoral topic after the economic crisis. The public discussion came to a point that recent polls indicate Ümit Özdağ’s Victory Party, the real promise of which is to send the Syrians to Syria immediately, gaining 3 percent of
“U.S. is impartial towards Greece and Türkiye,” US Ambassador to Ankara Jeffry L. Flake stated, following the tension between Greece and Türkiye escalated after 92 refugees found stripped at the border. “I have been asked recently if there has been a shift in U.S. security posture in the Aegean. The answer is no,” Flake said
Some 41 miners died in the coal mine explosion on October 14 in the Amasra District of Northern Türkiye, while six miners are fighting for their lives in the intensive care unit with serious injuries. Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez announced on October 16 that the mine will resume its production “after the search and rescue
The new draft bill that stipulates changes in the Press Law, Criminal Code and Internet law, which the journalists called the “censorship law” and the ruling party “the law of disinformation”, was accepted by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) votes on the night of 13 October, after highly
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.