Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey should be ‘firmly re-anchored’ in EU, finance minister says Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 May, 2024 Turkey’s Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek on Tuesday (14 May) called for his country to be … Continue ReadingTurkey should be ‘firmly re-anchored’ in EU, finance minister says
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s hopes of a new customs union blocked by Greek Cypriotes Atilla YeşiladaPosted on17 February, 2024 Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides emphasized that the enhancement of relations between Turkey and the European … Continue ReadingTurkey’s hopes of a new customs union blocked by Greek Cypriotes
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Euractiv: Erdogan’s party to run in EU-election, expand Turkey’s influence Atilla YeşiladaPosted on29 January, 2024 The Turkish AKP party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will run in the European Elections … Continue ReadingEuractiv: Erdogan’s party to run in EU-election, expand Turkey’s influence
Categories Business General HIGHLIGHTS Dorian Jones: EU leaders will need to answer the question about what to do with Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 December, 2023 Ankara has great expectations from the upcoming EU summit. While the official bid for eventual … Continue ReadingDorian Jones: EU leaders will need to answer the question about what to do with Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Why did Erdogan forget his animosity to Greek PM Mitsotakis? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 December, 2023 Veteran Turkish foreign policy analysts Mrs Zeynep Gurcanli explains why Turkish President Erdogan buried the … Continue ReadingWhy did Erdogan forget his animosity to Greek PM Mitsotakis?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Erdogan salvos to Israel come at a bad time for foreign policy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 November, 202311 November, 2023 Turkey’s President Erdogan led all Moslem states in terms of criticizing Israel for civilian deaths … Continue ReadingErdogan salvos to Israel come at a bad time for foreign policy
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Joschka Fischer: EU must do business with Erdogan Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 July, 2023 Joschka Fischer, Germany’s foreign minister and vice chancellor from 1998 to 2005, (also a leader … Continue ReadingJoschka Fischer: EU must do business with Erdogan
Categories General HYPED Alec Soltes: Is there a way for EU to incentivize Turkey for democratic reform without compromising key principles? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 July, 2023 On July 10th, 2023, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that his country would support … Continue ReadingAlec Soltes: Is there a way for EU to incentivize Turkey for democratic reform without compromising key principles?
Categories HYPED Politics EU and Turkey forming working group to address Russia sanctions Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 October, 2022 The European Union and Turkey are set to form a working group in order to … Continue ReadingEU and Turkey forming working group to address Russia sanctions
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Yetkin Report: New EU sanctions on Russia are bad news for Turkish economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 October, 2022 Erdogan’s friendship with Putin may backfire economically … Read More >Yetkin Report: New EU sanctions on Russia are bad news for Turkish economy
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Turkish philanthropist sentenced to life for fomenting Gezi Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 April, 2022 A Turkish court has sentenced an activist and philanthropist to life in prison in a … Continue ReadingTurkish philanthropist sentenced to life for fomenting Gezi
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Selim Yenel: Is the EU Ready for Possible Political Change in Turkey? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 February, 2022 It seems that the EU believes, for the first time in many years, that the … Continue ReadingSelim Yenel: Is the EU Ready for Possible Political Change in Turkey?
Categories Business General HYPED EDAM: Modernizing the Turkey-EU Customs Union: the Digital Agenda and the Green Deal Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 February, 2022 The modernization of the Turkey-EU Customs Union has been on the agenda for the past … Continue ReadingEDAM: Modernizing the Turkey-EU Customs Union: the Digital Agenda and the Green Deal
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Russell Napier: Turkey’s economic meltdown threatens stability of Europe Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 December, 2021 It is time to think about Turkey — the country. It may be a faraway … Continue ReadingRussell Napier: Turkey’s economic meltdown threatens stability of Europe
Categories General Politics Michael Leigh: Turkey’s regional ambitions likely to be curtailed by Biden Atilla YeşiladaPosted on3 May, 2021 Turkey’s freedom to maneuver in foreign policy is likely to be significantly curtailed under the … Continue ReadingMichael Leigh: Turkey’s regional ambitions likely to be curtailed by Biden
Categories Politics Seren Selvin Korkmaz: Erdoğan is feeling the heat Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 April, 2021 In the last two months alone, the Turkish lira crashed after the sudden dismissal of … Continue ReadingSeren Selvin Korkmaz: Erdoğan is feeling the heat
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics DW: EU offers rewards for Erdogan’s “good behavior” Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 March, 2021 EU leaders on Thursday offered the possibility of deepening trade ties with Turkey, they … Continue ReadingDW: EU offers rewards for Erdogan’s “good behavior”
Categories Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Bahadır Kaleagasi: Europe’s geostrategic sovereignty and Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 March, 2021 A more positive relationship between the European Union and Turkey is a decade-long project of … Continue ReadingBahadır Kaleagasi: Europe’s geostrategic sovereignty and Turkey
Categories Business Tourism: A high-stakes summer for Turkey is beginning Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 June, 202022 June, 2020 With beaches largely empty and many hotels deciding whether to open, Tourism Minister Mehmet Ersoy … Continue ReadingTourism: A high-stakes summer for Turkey is beginning
