Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Pro-AKP pollster claims AK Party will win Istanbul Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 December, 2023 According to pro-AKP columnist and CEO of polling company Genar, Mr Ihsan Aktas claims in … Continue ReadingPro-AKP pollster claims AK Party will win Istanbul
Categories General HYPED Turkish foreign policy in 2023: Some gains, many losses Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 December, 2023 Türkiye’s foreign policy faced significant challenges in 2023 amid regional conflicts, but it experienced both … Continue ReadingTurkish foreign policy in 2023: Some gains, many losses
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Yaşar Yakış: Turkey’s foreign policy agenda in 2024 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 December, 2023 In an Op-Ed piece published in Arab News, former Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Yasar Yakis … Continue ReadingYaşar Yakış: Turkey’s foreign policy agenda in 2024
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish party: Potential mayor-maker in metropolitan cities? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 December, 2023 With less than four months left to historic municipal elections of Turkey, polls draw a … Continue ReadingTurkey’s Pro-Kurdish party: Potential mayor-maker in metropolitan cities?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Centre right Iyi Party disavows alliances in municipal elections, dealing blow to opposition prospects to keep big cities Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 December, 2023 Turkish center-right opposition İyi Party on Dec. 4 announced its decision not to collaborate with … Continue ReadingCentre right Iyi Party disavows alliances in municipal elections, dealing blow to opposition prospects to keep big cities
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics IYI Party to decide on local election alliance with CHP on Monday Atilla YeşiladaPosted on30 November, 2023 Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) new leader Özgür Özel and İYİ (Good) … Continue ReadingIYI Party to decide on local election alliance with CHP on Monday
Categories Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics Guldem Atabay: US serious about Russia – Hamas sanctions, what will Turkey do? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 November, 2023 According to Bloomberg, U.S. Treasury Department Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson will … Continue ReadingGuldem Atabay: US serious about Russia – Hamas sanctions, what will Turkey do?
Categories Atilla Yeşilada HIGHLIGHTS Politics Municipal elections is the last stand of democracy in Turkey Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 November, 2023 Turkey will hold nation-wide municipal elections by end-March 2024. These are extraordinary. If the governing … Continue ReadingMunicipal elections is the last stand of democracy in Turkey
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Erdogan and ally Bahceli clash on new constitution Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 November, 2023 Turkish politics are in turmoil once again, as both the governing coalition of AKP-MHP and … Continue ReadingErdogan and ally Bahceli clash on new constitution
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Like his master, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister sharpens attacks on US, Europe Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 November, 2023 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sharply criticized the United States and European countries for their … Continue ReadingLike his master, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister sharpens attacks on US, Europe
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics ANALYSIS: Iyi Party’s sudden identity crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 November, 2023 İYİ Party has been shaken by a series of resignations in recent days. The wave … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Iyi Party’s sudden identity crisis
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 General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish courts are at each other’s throat. But why? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on11 November, 2023 Bar associations across Turkey reacted with demonstrations, marches and legal actions Friday to a constitutional … Continue ReadingTurkish courts are at each other’s throat. But why?
Categories Güldem Atabay HIGHLIGHTS Politics ANALYSIS: Can Ozel deliver Istanbul to CHP once again? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 November, 2023 The İmamoğlu-Özel era certainly increases CHP’s chances in local elections, at least in Istanbul, where … Continue ReadingANALYSIS: Can Ozel deliver Istanbul to CHP once again?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Introducing Ozgur Ozel, NEW leader of main opposition, CHP Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 November, 2023 Turkish main opposition CHP voted the “revisionist” candidate Mr Özgür Özel as its new chair … Continue ReadingIntroducing Ozgur Ozel, NEW leader of main opposition, CHP
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkish voters sick of economy, politicians, Kemal Kilicdaroglu Atilla YeşiladaPosted on2 November, 2023 By Fehmi Koru, former columnist and blogger There is no election on Sunday, the closest … Continue ReadingTurkish voters sick of economy, politicians, Kemal Kilicdaroglu
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Murat Yetkin: Will Erdoğan’s “parting ways with EU” maneuver yield a result? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 When President Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned the possibility of Türkiye parting ways with the European Union … Continue ReadingMurat Yetkin: Will Erdoğan’s “parting ways with EU” maneuver yield a result?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics CHP leadership race: Ozgur Ozel or Kilicdaroglu? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 September, 2023 The first poll about the leadership race in main opposition party CHP came from pro-AKP … Continue ReadingCHP leadership race: Ozgur Ozel or Kilicdaroglu?
Categories HIGHLIGHTS Politics Whip Ozgur Ozel to challenge Kilicdaroglu in CHP leadership race Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 September, 2023 A pharmacist turned lawmaker became the first official challenger to the longstanding head of the … Continue ReadingWhip Ozgur Ozel to challenge Kilicdaroglu in CHP leadership race
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy HIGHLIGHTS Politics Where is Turkey heading under Erdoğan’s rule? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 September, 2023 Middle East Analitika – by Dr. Miad Nakhavali Season 2 – Episode 8: special guest: Dr. … Continue ReadingWhere is Turkey heading under Erdoğan’s rule?
