The centenary of the Republic bears great significance. While speaking about the interaction between democracy and foreign policy, one prominent aspect to keep always in mind is the country’s international positioning. In this respect, the vision to be put forward on our path towards the European Union (EU) which has been considered as a strategic
T24 columnist and journalist Tolga Şardan was arrested after being detained from his home in Ankara on November 1 as part of an investigation launched over his article on corruption allegations in the judiciary. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against Şardan for his article titled “What’s in the report submitted by
Turkish Republic is 100 years old on October 29, 2023celebrated its 100th birthday. A hundred years ago Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence against Western occupying powers and their native collaborators declared the regime of the new Türkiye a republic, also marking the end of the six-century-long Ottoman rule. Türkiye
“We are making the wall impassable,” says Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya in an interview to YetkinReport, adding “We have prevented 88,854 people from crossing the Syrian border since we took office. We have audio recordings of smugglers that we listened to with a court order; there are those who tried 15 times and complained of
The Constitutional Court (AYM) ruled that the rights of Can Atalay, who was elected as Turkish Labor Party (TİP) Hatay lawmaker in May elections, were violated since he was not released from the prison he has been kept with the approval of his prison sentence in Gezi Park Protests case. Ruling on Atalay’s individual application
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan surprized Turkish public with his decision to sign the NATO accession protocol of Sweden while there was both international and domestic expectation that he would make a move about Gaza Crisis On October 23, the Communications Directorate announced that the President had signed Sweden’s accession protocol to NATO and sent
Turkiye’s Constitutional Court (AYM) announced in the Official Gazette on October 10, 2023 in its Keser Altıntaş decision that it will cease to review and will dismiss individual applications related to violations of the right to be tried within a reasonable time. The decision of the AYM General Council dated 25 July, with 9 in
It is reported that Türkiye asked Hamas political representatives to leave the country on October 7, the day they launched an attack on Israel. Sources who asked not to be named confirmed YetkinReport the report by journalist Fehim Taştekin in Al Monitor, despite another Turkish source told Times of Israel that the report was “untrue”.
The chaos in the Middle East prevails as the İsrael-Palestinian conflict has merged into a war once again after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. Unfortunately, the bombardments and clashes last in its second week with a rising humanitarian cost. This environment, if prolonged, will have negative effects on Türkiye, which had been on the
Two farmers living in the Thrace region, the European quarter of Türkiye, namely, Halis Erkorkmaz and Burak Tunçkol, have found a great way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Republic as best they can. With a tractor and a plow, they wrote “The Republic is 100 Years Old” on the field. The farmers told