Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Turkey, Diyarbakır-based Dicle Social Research Center (DİTAM), hosted Konda Research Company General Manager Bekir Ağırdır at its online meeting “The Effects of the Pandemic and the Economic Crisis on the Kurdish Issue – Is A New Peace Process Possible?” on June 10.The debate on the declared title soon turned into a search for the answer
The most likely scenario for the bilateral meeting between President Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Joe Biden on June 14 is becoming clear. So let us look at the circumstances in which this meeting will take in place to put in into perspective.1- This meeting is important but not only in in terms of Turkey-U.S.
We live in a difficult time for democratic norms. Eighty-seven countries worldwide — home to an estimated 68% of the world’s population — are considered either electoral or closed autocracies. By contrast, the number of liberal democracies around the world has shrunk over the last 10 years, from 41 countries to 32. These startling numbers
Good Party (İYİ Parti) leader Meral Akşener was threatened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after her visit to Rize last month. “It is a terrible thing to be threatened by the President. I am not afraid of threats, but I am concerned about Turkey’s image abroad,” she said. While the empowerment of women’s leadership and
When will the deep silence of the government be broken on fugitive mafia leader Sedat Peker’s allegations?With the 2019 local election defeat, it was clear that things would not be the same in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and internal conflicts would emerge. This was inevitable as the cake shrank with the loss
The current state of Turkish-American relations reminds me of William Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be, that is the question” tirade expressed by Hamlet in the third act of the play.I think this tirade perfectly applies to the difficulty of managing the bilateral confrontation we will witness later this month. While both parties have
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s relation with Russian President Vladimir Putin is not like it used to be after the five years of close ties. Winds have changed since the Ukraine crisis. On May 31, when Putin extended the flight restriction to Turkey for another month, Ankara’s expectations that the current account deficit would be narrowed through
Fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker, who has been airing Youtube videos full of serious allegations against government and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) figures, implied that he will reveal issues concerning President Tayyip Erdoğan in his next video. “We will come to terms with you Brother Erdoğan,” said Peker in his eighth video on
“Women brought President Tayyip Erdoğan to power, now women can lead to the end of his rule,” is a presumption that might come true but not only because of the rivalry of İYİ Party (Good Party) leader Meral Akşener.Still, Erdoğan threatened her, saying that “These are your good days. See what will happen in the
Turkish opposition İYİ Party (Good Party) leader Meral Akşener reacted strongly to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remark, which she called a “threat.” “It is awful to be threatened by the president,” said Akşener in a live interview on private broadcaster Fox TV early on May 28. The fresh row between Erdoğan and Akşener began after