Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Statements from opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener and Kurdish issue-focused Democratic People’s Party’s (HDP) imprisoned former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş on September 13 strengthened the possibility that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s competitor in the critical 2023 presidential elections will be main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. “The decision will be made
Turkey’s judiciary is under political pressure, judges and prosecutors are in fear, President of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) Erinç Sağkan said at the opening ceremony of the judicial year, assessing the current state of Turkish judiciary as “in a very dark place”. “There is a political pressure in the proceedings regarding political
A favourite phrase by Turkish government officials these days is that they are “implementing a foreign policy with a 360 degree outlook which is cemented on friendship”. I’m assuming the message is that they are weighing every possible policy angle before making a decision but the ultimate aim is friendship. Actual policy and reality on
Global surge in gas, electricity and food prices have ignited protests in many countries all around the world from Czech Republic to Germany, India, Ethiopia, as people hit streets asking governments to resign. In Turkey, pro-government news agencies covered the stories with enthusiasm, implying that Turkish people are not protesting the growing inflation and deteriorating
Just as we breathed a sigh of relief that the activities of Turkey’s new drilling ship Abdulhamid Han has not caused a further crisis or muddied the waters of the Mediterranean, this time it was Greece that stirred up the waters in Turkish-Greek relations. Throughout last week, the Turkish Armed Forces reported three incidents where
Is the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) preparing for an early election? Had it not been for Hürriyet newspaper’s pro-government columnist Abdülkadir Selvi’s insight from AKP rooms, I would have thought that the rumor was circulated to spark speculation move in the stock market. However, after notorious mafia figure Sedat Peker publicized yet another
“China is a great, powerful state,” emphasizes China’s Ankara Embassy Charge d’affaires Cheng Weihua – 程卫华. “How can smaller, weaker countries endure if we don’t object to the United States ignoring us meddling in our internal affairs? The world would become ruled by chaos then,” he added. These words are a sign of how the
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated Ankara’s determination to follow a cross-border military operation into Syria, following statements from Russian, Iranian and American officials against it. “I declare to the whole world that our struggle will not end until we secure our southern borders with a 30 km deep corridor from one end to the
Greek jets harassed Turkish F-16 aircraft, which were on NATO mission in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 23. Turkey reported the incident to the NATO authorities and the military attaché of Greece was summoned to the Ministry of National Defence. According to the report, Turkish F-16 planes were harassed by
Turkey’s populist-driven foreign policies are coming back to bite us and Erdoğan’s government is unable to formulate solutions for the impasse they themselves created. This reality is especially urgent in Syria. Elections are coming up and one of the bigger determinants for voters is the economic and sociological costs of hosting 3.5 million Syrian refugees.