Last week there were news reports about a possible meeting between President Tayyip Erdoğan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, where Erdoğan was present as a dialogue partner. His meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was of particular importance but Erdoğan met with leaders of a number of
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of the March 31 elections, prompted by the resignations of Environment and Climate Change Minister Mehmet Özhaseki and Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu, currently serving as Istanbul Provincial Health Director, was appointed as the new Health Minister. Murat Kurum,
I read on the Hürriyet newspaper’s website that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is working on a new communication strategy. To be honest, when I heard the term “communication strategy,” I briefly wondered if President Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP officials had finally decided to change their view of the media. Would the
A long, hot summer is ahead of Türkiye. I’m not just talking about the rising temperatures, and the even more severe ones predicted for later this summer due to climate change. We are also going to face a very heated agenda both domestically and globally. Hot debates: Constitutional Court decisions The recent delayed decisions of
Devlet means state in Turkish and “Devlet (State) will come to the head of the state!” was one of the most striking slogans of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) before Devlet Bahçeli moved from the opposition ranks to the AKP government ranks via the People’s Alliance, supporting President Tayyip Erdoğan. It’s no longer used, but
You might wonder about the connection between the “agent of influence” clause, said to be included in the 9th Judicial Package that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has not yet officially submitted to the TBMM Committee, and the allegations that asylum seekers, whom the UK will send to Rwanda, will be transferred to
I have no intention of targeting Mehmet Şimşek, the Minister of Treasury and Finance. Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members are already doing that enough. Despite the defeat in the March 31 elections, they act as if President Tayyip Erdoğan wasn’t the sole decision-maker and they had done everything right, still claiming, “If we
Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-chair of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and a prominent Kurdish political figure, continues to command significant respect among Kurds, according to the latest findings from Rawest Research. The study titled “Kurdish Issue, Kurdish Politics, and Demirtaş,” sheds light on the prevailing sentiments among Kurds following the March 31 local
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has announced that Türkiye will join in a case brought by the Republic of South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. At a joint press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Ankara on May 1, Fidan stated
President Tayyip Erdoğan is using the constitutional amendment as a smokescreen to obscure and distract attention from the major problems ahead. On the night of April 28, days before Erdoğan’s meeting with CHP leader Özgür Özel, Chief Legal Advisor Mehmet Uçum published the text “What could be the main principles of the new constitution”, which