Media

Management Feud at Delivery App Getir Turns Bitter After Exits

Source:Bloomberg Date:14May2024

Or, why Arab investors are shy about Turkey.   The internal strife is a sign of the once-hyped rapid delivery market – and its flagship company – crashing back to reality.

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Turkey’s ‘Foreign Influence Agent Law’ Alarms Media, Civil Society

Source:Balkan Insights Date:11May2024

A perfect definition of inventing crimes where none exist   The pro-government daily Yeni Safak first leaked the information on the “foreign agent law” on Wednesday. “Those who work on

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Gonul Tol: America must continue to make the moral case for democracy

Source:Financial Times Date:08May2024

The Biden administration might think that de-emphasising freedoms and rights in partner countries stuch as Turkey is a price it must pay to contain Russia and defend democracy. In reality, the

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Geopolitics of the Central Caucasus

Source:Geopolitical monitor Date:01May2024

The Caucasian Chalk Circle In the context of the so-called emerging New World Order, Russia was at first left on the periphery, while Turkey and Iran were the first countries affected by

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The Economist: Ekrem Imamoglu on Turkey’s renewed faith in democracy

Source:The Economist Date:13Apr2024

Despite unfair competition, especially in the allocation of state resources to the ruling party and its candidates and government control of the media, the opposition Republican People’s Party

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A Shift in Power: CHP Win Ushers in Recalibration in Turkish Politics

Source:Wilson Center Date:11Apr2024

by Yusuf  Can   The CHP defeated leading AKP in a surprise reversal in Turkey’s municipalities. Driven by worsening economic conditions, voters supported CHP’s welfare policies. This will

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Ragip Soylu: Turkey local elections: How Erdogan’s Israel policy backfired

Source:Middle East Eye Date:10Apr2024

While Turkey’s continuing trade with Israel was not the biggest issue prompting conservative voters to stay home or switch parties, it was a factor among others, which even Erdogan acknowledged

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Winning City Halls, Turkish Opposition Strikes Blow to Erdogan

Source:New York Times Date:08Apr2024

Mr. Erdogan’s opponents secured a surprising string of victories in local elections across Turkey on Sunday, increasing the number of the country’s cities under their control and further

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Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Istanbul mayor facing down Erdoğan

Source:Financial Times Date:06Apr2024

Who is the man profiled as most likely to beat  Erdogan in the next presidential race?  This is the bio of Istanbul CHPmayor Ekrem  Imamoglu   Sitting beneath a painting of Turkey’s founding

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Turkey’s Triumphant Opposition

Source:Project Syndicate Date:04Apr2024

With the Turkish opposition’s stunning electoral upset on Sunday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party are finally reaping the consequences of

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