Media

Turkey’s centenary could mark the end of the Erdogan era

Source:The Economist Date:21Nov2022

The economy, as well as concerns over corruption and institutional integrity, may be Mr Erdogan’s undoing. Presidential and parliamentary elections are set for June. The opposition has not yet

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Finland Sees Istanbul Blast Blamed on Kurds Hindering NATO Talks

Source:Bloomberg Date:20Nov2022

Last week’s terrorist attack in Istanbul will reinforce Turkey’s concerns over Kurdish terrorism, with consequences for the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, according to Finnish Foreign

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Turkey Tested New Censorship Powers After Istanbul Blast

Source:Bloomberg Date:18Nov2022

Erdogan gov’t  never misses an opportunity to crack the whip, even in the midst of a great human tragedy   In the aftermath of a deadly bombing in central Istanbul, the Turkish

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Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkiye

Source:The White house Date:15Nov2022

President Biden met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the margins of the G20 Summit. President Biden expressed his deep condolences to President Erdogan and the people of Turkiye on the acts

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“One hand washes the other’: grain deal shines light on Erdoğan’s ties to Putin

Source:Financial Times Date:06Nov2022

Though Putin threatened to withdraw from the deal again if Ukraine violated the “guarantees”, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration, told the

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Opposition leader becomes first politician facing charges under Turkey’s controversial media law

Source:Stockholm Center for Freedom Date:04Nov2022

Congratulations to CHP chair Mr Kilicdaroglu for beating all of us, humble dissident SoBs, to the court   A criminal complaint filed by the Security General Directorate (EGM) against

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Five things you need to know about the Ottoman empire

Source:The Conversation Date:01Nov2022

For centuries empires were the dominant form of political organisation. In the west there is some degree of familiarity with the British, French and German empires, and the empires of Spain and

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Ukrainian Food Shipments to Keep Moving in Pushback to Putin

Source:Bloomberg Date:31Oct2022

Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations agreed to have vessels carrying food from Ukrainian ports sail on Monday, pushing back against Russia after its withdrawal from a deal to allow safe passage

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5 reasons why the West needs Turkey

Source:Deutsche Welle Date:27Oct2022

Since Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, Europeans have begun to discuss their dependencies on countries, which do not necessarily share their values. So where does Turkey fit in?

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Turkish finance minister defends economic links with Russia

Source:Financial Times Date:25Oct2022

Nebati almost sounded coherent and in-tocu with reality in this interview…   up until the very last paragraph   Nebati said the apparent affluence of a decade ago was a “virtual

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