Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan desperately tries to ban his opponent from politics, receives major backlash Cem CetingucPosted on22 December, 2022 A Turkish court decision this month to sentence Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and … Continue ReadingErdogan desperately tries to ban his opponent from politics, receives major backlash
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan claims he has no influence on mayor’s jail sentence Cem CetingucPosted on18 December, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Dec. 17 he had no hand in the jail sentence given to … Continue ReadingErdogan claims he has no influence on mayor’s jail sentence
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics How Erdogan intends to sideline his rivals Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 November, 2022 According to a recent Fitch analysis incumbent president Erdogan has a 55% chance of being … Continue ReadingHow Erdogan intends to sideline his rivals
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Prosecutor seeks political ban for presumptive presidential candidate Imamoglu Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 November, 2022 Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought to jail Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu for at least 15 … Continue ReadingProsecutor seeks political ban for presumptive presidential candidate Imamoglu
Categories General HYPED Politics Istanbul mayor who upstaged Erdogan faces political ban Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 September, 2022 Istanbul’s popular mayor faces the threat of being banned from politics in a trial stemming … Continue ReadingIstanbul mayor who upstaged Erdogan faces political ban
Categories General MEM: Is Imamoglu a strong candidate for the Turkish presidential election? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 February, 2022 Since the municipal elections in Turkey in 2019, the name of the Mayor of Greater … Continue ReadingMEM: Is Imamoglu a strong candidate for the Turkish presidential election?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada General HYPED Politics Commentary: Is Turkey heading for snap elections? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 January, 202210 January, 2022 Turkey’s regularly scheduled presidential and parliamentary elections (hold simultaneously) will take place in June 2023. … Continue ReadingCommentary: Is Turkey heading for snap elections?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics FP: A tough year for Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 January, 2022 DISCLOSURE: This is only an excerpt covering politics of Turkey from a much longer article.. … Continue ReadingFP: A tough year for Turkey
Categories General Istanbul mayor should be dismissed if ‘terror ties’ of municipal personnel proven, says Bahçeli Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 January, 2022 İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu should be dismissed if “terror ties” of municipal personnel are proven, … Continue ReadingIstanbul mayor should be dismissed if ‘terror ties’ of municipal personnel proven, says Bahçeli
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish government inquires Istanbul municipality staff over alleged militant ties Cem CetingucPosted on28 December, 2021 Turkey has launched an investigation into hundreds of staff at the opposition-run Istanbul municipality accused … Continue ReadingTurkish government inquires Istanbul municipality staff over alleged militant ties
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Washington Post: As Turkey’s economy suffers, Erdogan’s opponents step up efforts aimed at unseating him Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 December, 2021 ISTANBUL — The city’s popular mayor was surrounded by enthusiastic crowds, talking about his hopes … Continue ReadingWashington Post: As Turkey’s economy suffers, Erdogan’s opponents step up efforts aimed at unseating him
Categories General Aykan Erdemir: Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 December, 2021 When powerful states and their proxies intensify religious persecution worldwide and democratic governments under a … Continue ReadingAykan Erdemir: Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: Ineffective Turkish opposition: reality or urban legend? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 April, 2021 Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu appeared last week on Global TV, with host … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Ineffective Turkish opposition: reality or urban legend?
Categories General Politics Financial Times: Turkish opposition mayors outshine Erdogan with kindness campaigns Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 June, 202023 June, 2020 Birol Suzer thought he had been the target of a practical joke when two men … Continue ReadingFinancial Times: Turkish opposition mayors outshine Erdogan with kindness campaigns
Categories Politics Erdogan’s blood feud with CHP mayors backfires Editor P.A.Posted on15 May, 202021 May, 2020 On the Turkish capital’s bridges and bus stops, Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas urges wealthier residents … Continue ReadingErdogan’s blood feud with CHP mayors backfires
Categories General Financial Times: Turkey corona deaths underreported Editor P.A.Posted on5 May, 202021 May, 2020 The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 59 … Continue ReadingFinancial Times: Turkey corona deaths underreported
