Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
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
Former Senator Jeff Flake has been nominated as the US Ambassador to Ankara by the US President Joe Biden. If confirmed by the Democratic-controlled Senate, the Trump-opponent Republican Flake is going to be the first political appointee, not a carrier diplomat as Ambassador to the Turkish capital after 40 years. He will take the office
President Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed Dr. Melih Bulu as the Rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University on July 14 whom he appointed more than six months ago on January 2. Professors, students, families of students, employees, and graduates of the Bosporus University have been protesting Bulu from day one by peaceful demonstrations because of a
Will the responsibility of sending Turkish troops to Afghanistan to replace fleeing Western powers at the request of the United States, be on the shoulders of President Tayyip Erdoğan or the parliament?There is no room for a rhetoric debate on the fact that there are already Turkish soldiers in the country that suffers from civil
The United States has asked Turkey to take over peace and stability operations at the Hamid Karzai Airport in the capital of Afghanistan. The request was personally conveyed to President Erdogan by President Biden during their encounter at the recent NATO summit. And, during the post-summit press conference, Erdoğan confirmed that he replied positively to this
Fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker has accused on social media Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu of using the youth branch of the ruling party to distribute weapons to civilians in the wake of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Soylu, the labor minister at the time of the coup, was later appointed as the interior minister,
A report by SETA Foundation, a Turkish NGO close to the government, might be behind the U.S. accusation on Turkey about “child soldiers.”In its July 1 human smuggling report titled “Trafficking in Persons,” the U.S. State Department counted Turkey among the countries that support the recruitment and use of “child soldiers.”According to the claim, Turkey,