Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu told journalist Muharrem Sarıkaya late on August 7 on private broadcaster HaberTürk that he favors metropolitan mayors from this main opposition party to continue “for the second term”.This response was interpreted as Kılıçdaroğlu blocking the way for İstanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş to run for
As a young journalist, I was assigned to the airport to report on the foreign dignitaries coming to attend Turkey’s 8th president Turgut Özal’s funeral.Some countries came in small delegations, while some others came with two jam-packed airplanes.Seeing my astonishment a veteran diplomat told me: “Set aside the United States, the more advanced a country
The wildfires continue not only in the forests and on the shores of Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean regions, but also in every field. The fire in politics is visible when the seats in the cabinet of President Tayyip Erdoğan are shaken and the minister-lottery is played in Ankara. The fire in the field of foreign
Wildfires have destroyed forests on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey, claiming at least eight lives. Yet, a political fire burns in Ankara, with debate on a cabinet shift heating up. President Tayyip Erdoğan netted reactions for distributing packages of tea to the fire victims in Marmaris and his motorcade keeping ambulances and fire
The brutal murder of seven members of a family in the court of their house by their neighbor in the Central Anatolian province of Konya on July 30 fueled a debate on racism.The Dedeoğulları, a Kurdish family that moved to Konya some three decades ago, was the target of the massacre by Mehmet Altun, who
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told the German paper Bild on July 25 that those fleeing Afghanistan should go to “neighboring” countries such as Turkey, rather than European Union countries, to seek asylum. It’s a shameful statement because of trying to humiliate refugees and Turkey that he puts into a position of a refugee gatekeeper. He
The Afghan immigration to Turkey increased after the U.S. decision to withdraw from the war-torn country and requested Ankara to keep its soldiers in Kabul. This situation bears risk that the unsuccessful and bloody U.S. campaign in Afghanistan that resulted in new cross-border terrorism troubles for the world may turn into Turkey’s responsibility. But in
The debate on foreign funding in Turkish media heated up when OdaTv reported that MedyaScope, an online broadcaster, received support from the American Chrest Foundation. MedyaScope founder, journalist Ruşen Çakır, said the website has already announced this transparently, putting it on the tag on day one and that everything is within legal limits, but he
President Tayyip Erdoğan revealed Turkey’s three conditions to the US on July 20 in order to continue its mission to protect and operate Kabul airport after the withdrawal of the US and other NATO countries. Erdoğan revealed those conditions in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus where he visited to mark the 47th anniversary of
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s awaited message on Turkish Cyprus turned out to be the construction of a presidential complex on the Turkish side of the divided island, with speculations that he would announce a political step failing.Erdoğan visited Nicosica to attend the special session to mark the 47th anniversary of the Turkish intervention on the