European Commission’s 2022 Turkey observation report entered Turkey’s agenda and exited almost at the same time it was published, mainly because it carves the contentious issues in the EU’s favour and the righteous determinations and criticism of the report get to be officially ignored. While the penultimate statement in the report that “Turkey is a
Some observations in the corridors of the parliament, and a small interview with the deputies are sufficient to say that both the opposition and ruling side are in pursuit of a way in pain and new developments are on the corner. You see a deputy score their own goal every minute. Two of these scores
The 8th sanctions package against Russia that will most likely be accepted at the European Union Leader’s Prague summit on October 6 includes certain provisions that would profoundly affect the Turkish economy. New measures stipulate a new listing of individuals and further restrictions on trade such as an import ban on Russian “steel products, wood
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
While President Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin were in their 4-hour meeting in Sochi, the Razoni ship carrying corn from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to the Lebanese port of Tripoli was sailing between Marmaris and Rhodes. Türkiye’s Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, who is the part of the coordination committee for
Türkiye has become dependent on Russia for energy with natural gas and President Tayyip Erdoğan has surrendered in every field, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said after Russia’s Rosatom announced that they terminate the agreement with Turkish company İçtaş Energy for the construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mediterranean coast
The cargo ship carrying 26 thousand tonnes of corn left Ukraine’s port of Odesa on Aug. 1 as the first shipment within the framework of the grain export deal signed under UN auspices and Türkiye’s guarantorship. Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni left the Black Sea Port at 9:48 AM local time, Ukraine’s ministry of infrastructure announced on
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,
I will talk about a research: “The Well-Being Conditions of The Citizens in Turkey: Towards a Healthy, Happy, Fair, Safe, Hopeful and Strong Society” of the Equality Studies Association written by Ali Yalçın Göymen and Gülnur Elçik. With this study, it was aimed to analyze the well-being of the citizens by conducting a research covering
Two noticeable events took place over the weekend in Türkiye, President Tayyip Erdoğan held an “opening ceremony” slash “rally” in ruling AKP’s stronghold city Kayseri and main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held public meetings in AKP’s another stronghold city Balıkesir. What was noteworthy was not the events, but the to crowd they spoke to