Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Turkish foreign policy has gone through a dramatic change in the past decade under Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule, long before Turkey’s transition to the presidential system after the constitutional amendment come into effect with a referendum in 2017. From the first day of its coming to power in 2002 until today, the ruling
President Erdoğan hosted the members of the Turkish Jewish Community and the representatives of the Alliance of Rabbis in the Islamic States (ARIS) under the chairmanship of Izak Haleva, the Chief Rabbi of Turkey. He emphasized the importance of Turkey – Israel relations. “Turkey-Israel relations are vital for the stability and security of our region.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced ambitious “fiscal policy” moves on December 20 to curb the currency crisis wherein less than a month, the Turkish Lira had lost almost 20 percent of its value against foreign currencies. Could this new turn be a sign of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its alliance Nationalist
When President Tayyip Erdoğan announced the following year’s minimum wage as 4,253 Turkish Liras per month on December 16, he said, “do not compare it to its dollar value.” I think he knew what people would ask if they calculate the wage on US dollars because when the amount of the minimum wage is calculated
Turkey and Armenia named special envoys to be acted on the efforts to normalization of the mutual relations of the two countries, after Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s call was received positively by Armenia. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced that the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan was
Turkey’s leading healthcare associations and labor unions went on a nationwide strike on Dec. 15 demanding better working conditions and a comprehensive regulation that protects the rights and safety of healthcare workers. They shout that “it is the last straw” as Turkey’s economic and social growth has been planned at a human cost. “Today all
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu announced that Turkey and Armenia will appoint special representatives in a bid to normalize relations. “Soon, we (Armenia and Turkey) will mutually appoint special representatives for the normalization effort,” Çavuşoğlu said during the Foreign Ministry budget debates in the parliament on December 13. Answering the opposition IYI (Good) Party lawmaker Erhan
Professor of Law Dr. İzzet Özgenç, who advises President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on economic issues, stirred a debate with his social media post yesterday as he said we should be prepared for the declaration of the State of Emergency because of the current state of the Turkish economy. With this message, the efforts of the
Of course, not all Kurdish voters are living in East and South-East Turkey. That is a well-known fact that Istanbul hosts the densest Kurdish population globally. It was the Kurdish voters that determined June 23 2019, local elections where Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has taken the Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor seat after 25
The World Health Organization (WHO) designated a new variant of Covid 19 as a variant of concern and named it Omicron on November 26. As of December 8, 57 countries announced Omicron within their territories. Yet Turkey’s Fahrettin Koca stated via Twitter on December 3 that there is no new variant in Turkey yet. I