When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telephoned President Tayyip Erdoğan on May 29 to congratulate him on his re-election and at the same time invited him, what he had in mind was not to further deteriorate, and perhaps even improve, relations with the leader of Türkiye, whom he sees as a “difficult partner” who will lead
Turkish National Defence Minister Yaşar Güler said Türkiye is considering to buy 40 Eurofighter jets ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s tense Germany visit, raising number of questions. “We want to buy the Eurofighter. It is a very effective aircraft. These planes are related to the UK, Germany and Spain. Both the UK and Spain
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) changed its leader at a highly contested November 4 congress, and delegates elected young Parliamentary Group Chair Özgür Özel to replace Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who refused to resign despite his failure in the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place in May. The 49-year-old pharmacist challenged the 13-year-old Kılıçdaroğlu-chairmanship
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
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 Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) raised policy interest rate by 500 basis points to 35 percent. The Monetary Policy Committee, which convened under the leadership of CBRT Governor Hafize Erkan on October 26, decided to raise the policy rate, the one-week repo auction interest rate, from
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