Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Kilicdaroglu says opposition candidate will defeat Erdoğan in first round Atilla YeşiladaPosted on1 July, 2022 Turkey’s opposition bloc is looking for a presidential candidate who would defeat President Recep Tayyip … Continue ReadingKilicdaroglu says opposition candidate will defeat Erdoğan in first round
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan will run for presidency for a third term. What does it mean for Turkish politics? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 June, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month formally announced his candidacy for re-election to … Continue ReadingErdogan will run for presidency for a third term. What does it mean for Turkish politics?
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Opposition leader Babacan: Erdogan to bankrupt Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 June, 2022 Turkey is on the verge of total bankruptcy, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s former … Continue ReadingOpposition leader Babacan: Erdogan to bankrupt Turkey
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Turkey’ leading business lobby rebels against Erdogan Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 June, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday blasted Turkish business group TÜSIAD’s chair Orhan Turan … Continue ReadingTurkey’ leading business lobby rebels against Erdogan
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics CHP leader pledges to end poverty in Turkey Cem CetingucPosted on3 June, 2022 The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader said he would end the “poverty” in Turkey … Continue ReadingCHP leader pledges to end poverty in Turkey
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey summons French, German ambassadors to discuss PKK Cem CetingucPosted on31 May, 2022 Turkey has summoned ambassadors of France and Germany over the activities of the terrorist organization PKK on their territories, … Continue ReadingTurkey summons French, German ambassadors to discuss PKK
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s opposition issues second declaration for democracy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on31 May, 2022 Six opposition parties, who teamed up to re-establish the parliamentary system of government in Turkey, … Continue ReadingTurkey’s opposition issues second declaration for democracy
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics CHP rally in Istanbul draws huge crowds Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 May, 2022 Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on Saturday in Istanbul’s Maltepe Square for a political … Continue ReadingCHP rally in Istanbul draws huge crowds
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Video Commentary: Turkey’s Number #1 Political Prisoner Osman Kavala Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 April, 2022 Turkey’s Number #1 Political Prisoner Osman Kavala This week, Mr. Osman Kavala … Continue ReadingVideo Commentary: Turkey’s Number #1 Political Prisoner Osman Kavala
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS HYPED Politics Erdogan to visit Saudi Arabia for ameliorating ties Cem CetingucPosted on27 April, 2022 The two-day trip comes on the heels of an Istanbul court’s decision to halt the … Continue ReadingErdogan to visit Saudi Arabia for ameliorating ties
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics DEVA Party declares to run individually in 2023 elections Cem CetingucPosted on27 April, 2022 The newly founded Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) will run independently in the upcoming parliamentary elections, … Continue ReadingDEVA Party declares to run individually in 2023 elections
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 HYPED Politics Opposition leader Kilicdaroglu hits Erdogan with economy Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 April, 2022 Economic depression is continuing to increase with more and more people feeling the negative impacts … Continue ReadingOpposition leader Kilicdaroglu hits Erdogan with economy
Categories HYPED Politics MHP congressperson resigns party over poverty Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 April, 202221 April, 2022 A lawmaker from the ranks of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has resigned following the … Continue ReadingMHP congressperson resigns party over poverty
Categories Business HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish Minute: Erdoğan, nationalist ally underplay high cost of living amid rising inflation Atilla YeşiladaPosted on9 April, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right ally Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist … Continue ReadingTurkish Minute: Erdoğan, nationalist ally underplay high cost of living amid rising inflation
Categories Columnists Finance General HIGHLIGHTS Tim Ash: 3 bits of good news for RTE (Erdogan) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 April, 2022 First, the news that Russia is being kicked out of debt indices means that Turkey’s … Continue ReadingTim Ash: 3 bits of good news for RTE (Erdogan)
Categories Economy General HIGHLIGHTS Politics 7 political parties make a call for May Day Cem CetingucPosted on6 April, 2022 “To the May Day for daily bread, peace and freedom,” say the Labor Party, Laborist … Continue Reading7 political parties make a call for May Day
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics HDP: ‘Poverty is a result of government’s deliberate policies Cem CetingucPosted on6 April, 20226 April, 2022 Mithat Sancar spoke at the weekly group meeting of the HDP, calling on other opposition … Continue ReadingHDP: ‘Poverty is a result of government’s deliberate policies
Categories General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s parliament approved new electoral bill Cem CetingucPosted on1 April, 2022 Turkey’s parliament on March 31 approved electoral law amendments by a show of hands after a three-day debate. … Continue ReadingTurkey’s parliament approved new electoral bill
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Meet the person who can beat Erdogan: Kemal Kilicdaroglu Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 March, 2022 There is a revolution in Turkish politics. Economic misery and Erdogan’s increasing detachment from … Continue ReadingMeet the person who can beat Erdogan: Kemal Kilicdaroglu
