Airport for Sale Tells a Tale of $140 Billion Turkish Overreach
Source:Bloomberg Date:27Aug2021
The operator of a provincial airport in western Turkey is putting it up for sale in a rare indictment of a system of public-private partnerships that are hobbling the nation’s finances. Closely
Will Erdogan’s Afghan gambit pay off in Washington?
Source:al Monitor Date:31Jul2021
A serious article by policy expert Mr Semih Idiz, which nevertheless reads as a satire of Erdogan’s myopic and convoluted thinking. He could curry favor simply by removing S-400s rather
Turkish mobster claims AKP supporters secretly armed after putsch
Source:al Monitor Date:17Jul2021
Commenting on Peker’s allegations, Mehmet Tum, a former legislator for the main opposition Republican People’s Party who frequently brought up the issue in parliament, pointed to a staggering
Economic slide sends support for Erdogan to all-time low
Source:Financial Times Date:04Jul2021
A series of opinion polls show support for the AKP at historic lows. A June survey by Turkiye Raporu found it had fallen to 26 per cent. Turkey’s next election is set for 2023, but almost 60 per
Mobster transfixes Turkey with video tirade against political elite
Source:Financial Times Date:29May2021
“The airing of the administration’s dirty laundry may lead to the public losing faith that there’s much ideology left in the Erdogan camp,” said Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkey programme
Israeli-Palestinian Strife Widens as Frantic Calls for Calm Go Unheeded
Source:New York Times Date:15May2021
But if the coastal strip’s immediate future was murky, the multiplying front lines of the conflict made it even harder to forecast what was next for Israel, where the idea of coexistence between
U.S. and Russia Are on a Collision Course in the Black Sea
Source:Bloomberg Date:08May2021
I’ve sailed through Turkey’s narrow Bosporus strait at the entrance to this significant body of water half a dozen times, and I’m always struck by its strategic importance. About one third the
Turks chase missing billions in foreign exchange reserves
Source:Financial Times Date:22Apr2021
Analysts Atilla Yesilada and Murat Ucer of the consultancy Global Source Partners said it was unlikely the money enriched members of the government or companies close to it, but the loss of the
Ankara in risky geopolitical gamble in Black Sea
Source:al Monitor Date:16Apr2021
Ankara seems to believe that the US quest for lasting military presence in the Black Sea region gives it leverage to use the Montreux Convention as a bargaining chip in the transactional
A message to the international community
Source:Ahval News Date:28Feb2021
Member of the Parliament and human rights defender Mr Ömer Garuk Gergerlioğlu explains his persecution. It is an honor for the Editor to share this letter… A huge legal