Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on September 1 that his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government was planning to make public a new Constitution draft to the “nation’s discretion” in the first months of 2022. He wants to get the draft ready together with his election partner, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey took a series of political-military steps last week, which had practical as well as symbolic significance. Taking the opportunity of the “Victory Week”, August 26-30 about the War of Independence of Turkey he gave a message to the exterior parties, especially the USA, the European Union, and Russia. The
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chose to be more cautious about operating Hamid Karzai Airport following the deadly attacks in the Taliban-controlled Afghan capital. Erdoğan confirmed in a press conference before leaving for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro on August 27 that Turkey held talks with the Taliban“The Taliban have offers for us to operate the
An article about Afghan refugees by British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace for the U.K. newspaper Daily Mail triggered reactions in Turkey, despite the minister did not mention the name of the country.“We will establish a series of processing hubs across the region outside Afghanistan for those Afghans we have an obligation to bring to this
Late Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit visited Moscow on the eve of the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan in 1979 where he asked his counterpart Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin what they were aiming at by an intervention against the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Kosygin sarcastically answered that they wanted “to carry Afghanistan from the 12th to the 16th
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said President Tayyip Erdoğan is “having tantrums” and he “nods off.” Erdoğan we know would respond to it.“If the case is to make the son-in-law a minister and make him rich, to sell the country to three or five contractors, I have betrayed that case,” said
“A Paper Tiger” is a Chinese saying used to refer to those who bark very loudly but cannot follow through on their threats. Chinese communist leader Mao Zedung coined the phrase referring to American threats against China and history seems to have proven the U.S. was largely powerless in its efforts to create regime change
The Afghanistan government announced that the Taliban forces entered the capital city of Kabul, raising security concerns over civilians, including members of foreign missions. Most countries have decided to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan, as well as their embassies in Kabul and diplomatic representations in other cities, but no such decision has been made by
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his decision to launch an aid campaign for the citizens who have been and will be harmed by “fire and flood disasters that may occur in the future,” said the Official Gazette on Aug. 13.This followed investigations into the online “aid campaign” calls on social media on grounds that showed
27 members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, demanding that steps be taken to prevent the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) production of Turkey, claiming that they change the political balance in the region and harmed American interests. In the letter dated August 9, signatory members of the