Categories Company & Industry Politics Google gets fined by Turkish government for breaking competition law Cem CetingucPosted on15 April, 202115 April, 2021 Turkish authorities on Wednesday fined Google 296 million Turkish liras ($36.6 million) for violating the … Continue ReadingGoogle gets fined by Turkish government for breaking competition law
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kavala, Demirtas and now Altan: ECHR rules Turkish writer Altan’s rights were violated Güldem AtabayPosted on13 April, 2021 Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the right to liberty and freedom … Continue ReadingKavala, Demirtas and now Altan: ECHR rules Turkish writer Altan’s rights were violated
Categories Politics Russia tells TR not to supply weapons to Ukraine Cem CetingucPosted on13 April, 2021 Russia warned several countries, including Turkey, to stop supplying weapons to Kyiv, as tensions have … Continue ReadingRussia tells TR not to supply weapons to Ukraine
Categories Company & Industry Politics Halkbank seeks the end of U.S. prosecution due to Iran sanctions violations Cem CetingucPosted on13 April, 2021 A lawyer for Halkbank told a U.S. appeals court on Monday that the state-owned Turkish … Continue ReadingHalkbank seeks the end of U.S. prosecution due to Iran sanctions violations
Categories Politics Turkish and US officials gather for Afghan peace process Cem CetingucPosted on13 April, 2021 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Afghan … Continue ReadingTurkish and US officials gather for Afghan peace process
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Canada cancels export permits for drone technology to Turkey over use in Nagorno-Karabakh Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau has announced a permit cancellation for weaponry to … Continue ReadingCanada cancels export permits for drone technology to Turkey over use in Nagorno-Karabakh
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough Güldem AtabayPosted on12 April, 2021 The new Covid-19 services set up at hospitals in the face of the third peak … Continue ReadingTurkish Medical Association: Hospitals full of Covid patients, new services not enough
Categories Business General Politics Canal Istanbul: The greatest of all White Elephants Atilla YeşiladaPosted on12 April, 2021 What is Canal Istanbul: President Erdogan’s pet crazy project is a channel which will … Continue ReadingCanal Istanbul: The greatest of all White Elephants
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics The cold waters of Black Sea heating up fast Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 April, 2021 AKP’s strategists claim in a multipolar world, a growing power like Turkey’s can’t bound to … Continue ReadingThe cold waters of Black Sea heating up fast
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Italy’s Draghi accuses ‘dictator’ Erdogan, draws Turkey’s condemnation Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday accused Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan of humiliating European … Continue ReadingItaly’s Draghi accuses ‘dictator’ Erdogan, draws Turkey’s condemnation
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics EU-Turkey in blame game over ‘sofagate’ after von der Leyen left standing Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 Turkey and Europe are buying and selling blame over who left the European Fee chief … Continue ReadingEU-Turkey in blame game over ‘sofagate’ after von der Leyen left standing
Categories Economy General Politics Foreign Affairs: U.S.-Russian Relations Will Only Get Worse Güldem AtabayPosted on8 April, 2021 It is hard to imagine that U.S.-Russian relations could get much worse, but sadly, they … Continue ReadingForeign Affairs: U.S.-Russian Relations Will Only Get Worse
Categories General Politics Turkish government ‘orchestrated troll armies during pandemic’ Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) orchestrated troll armies during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty … Continue ReadingTurkish government ‘orchestrated troll armies during pandemic’
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan: Interest rates will be lowered to single digits; main opposition CHP behind the retired admirals declaration Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 Turkish President Erdoğan said a declaration by over 100 retired naval admirals at the weekend … Continue ReadingErdogan: Interest rates will be lowered to single digits; main opposition CHP behind the retired admirals declaration
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Fukuyama: Droning On in the Middle East Güldem AtabayPosted on7 April, 2021 Back in the early 2010s when I first started playing with drones, I speculated in the FT that … Continue ReadingFukuyama: Droning On in the Middle East
Categories HYPED Politics First CAATSA sanctions officially in effect Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 April, 2021 The U.S. State Department has notified Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA) … Continue ReadingFirst CAATSA sanctions officially in effect
Categories General HYPED Politics OPINION: 104 admirals, 42K cases, 16.2% inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 April, 2021 Police on April 5 detained 10 retired admirals after 104 of them signed a letter … Continue ReadingOPINION: 104 admirals, 42K cases, 16.2% inflation
Categories Business Politics Turkey to complain to WTO over informal Saudi boycott Cem CetingucPosted on31 March, 202131 March, 2021 Turkey is to take the semiofficial boycott by Saudi Arabia on made-in-Turkey goods to the … Continue ReadingTurkey to complain to WTO over informal Saudi boycott
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics UPDATE (New case figures added): President Erdogan introduces new but mild curfew measures Güldem AtabayPosted on29 March, 202131 March, 2021 Turkey has recorded 37,303 new coronavirus cases in the space of 24 hours, the highest … Continue ReadingUPDATE (New case figures added): President Erdogan introduces new but mild curfew measures
Categories Economy Politics Erdogan starts a political earthquake in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on29 March, 2021 Vijay Prashad, Ahmet Tonak Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of … Continue ReadingErdogan starts a political earthquake in Turkey
