Finland seems to have already been convinced to do whatever Türkiye wants for granting NATO membership; from the extradition of outlawed PKK members to arms industry support. The question is whether Sweden’s new Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, will be able to convince President Tayyip Erdogan to let them join NATO. After meeting with NATO Secretary
An Ankara Court ruled to arrest Turkish Medical Association President Şebnem Korur Fincancı for “dispersing terrorist propaganda” on October 27, after Dr. Fincancı conveyed her opinion about alleged chemical weapons usage of Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) on a TV show. TTB President and Forensic Pathologist Dr. Fincancı was taken into custody on October 26 from
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stirred up a heated debate after he advised a new AKP member’s wife “to have more children as a career” at his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliamentary group meeting on October 19. “The career of this business is to have children. The child is very important. Look, the
President Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements last May brought the issue of reconciliation with Syria and the Bashar al Assad government to Türkiye’s agenda. The signals were so strong that many thought that a meeting with Syria at the Minister or the Deputy Minister level could be possible on the margins of the UN General Assembly in
Following the suicide bombing attack on a police station in the Southern province of Mersin on Sep. 26, imprisoned politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the Kurdish-issue-focused People’s Democracy Party (HDP), posted a series of messages on his Twitter account on the evening of 30 September. With these messages, Demirtaş was taking a stance
The outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) organized a bombed attack on a police station in the Southern Province of Mersin on September 26, prompting further questions as the investigation unveils. The terrorist attack was prevented by 48-year-old police officer Sedat Gezer, who was shot and murdered during the clashes as two militants attempted to enter
Amid talks in the main opposition block to come up with a candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the 2023 Turkish elections, another election alliance was announced on September 24 in İstanbul around the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). It is called the “Labor and Freedom Alliance, (EÖİ). The left-wing parties that allied
A few days before it was announced that President Tayyip Erdogan was going to Sochi to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 5, there was an assassination operation carried out by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Syrian territory. One of the key PKK members in Syria,
9 people have been killed and at least 22 injured so far in the attack on a tourist facility near the Iraqi city of Zakho on 20 July. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi, who declared a day of mourning across the country, and Muqtada al-Sadr, the religious leader of the Iraqi Shiites, pointed artillery fire
If President Tayyip Erdoğan had not made Russian President Vladimir Putin stand and wait for 45 seconds in Tehran on July 19, what would the pro-government media highlight as a victory? They deemed this incident a reiteration of Erdoğan’s waiting for Putin for two minutes in front of the door on March 5, 2020 in