Turkish economic slump raises election fears for Erdogan
Source:Financial Times Date:12Nov2018
Up for grabs are the mayors’ offices and elected councils across Turkey’s 81 provinces. The most important contests are in Ankara, the capital, and Istanbul, Turkey’s biggest urban centre, where
Factbox: Greece’s territorial waters and Turkey
Date:12Nov2018
A Greek view on the territorial waters dispute in the Aegean Sea. Mostly impartial. Why is Turkey taking issue with Greece’s maritime border expansion? A decision to extend Greek
U.S. federal court has already prepared second indictment against Halkbank – columnist
Source:Ahval News Date:11Nov2018
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is said to have prepared a second indictment for Turkey’s state-run bank Halkbank accused of violating sanction on Iran, columnist Cansu
Why Erdogan is unhappy with return of nationalist student oath
Source:al Monitor Date:09Nov2018
I’m not fully satisfied with her answers, but Ms Tremblay explains one of the truly exotic Turkish disputes over the pledge allegiance: A senior AKP official from the
Turkey aims to exit from CoE monitoring process ASAP
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:06Nov2018
I say good luck with that At a conference held by the TOBB University of Economics and Technology last week, Faruk Kaymakçı deputy Foreign Minister responsible of EU affairs, cited these
Amid shelling of Kurdish positions, Turkey plans new incursion into Syria
Source:The Arab Weekly Date:04Nov2018
The Turkish government seems in no mood to call off its new push into Syria. “We have finalised our preparations, our plans, our programmes in that respect,” Erdogan said. Pro-government Turkish
US-backed Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of jeopardizing ISIS fight
Source:Military Times Date:01Nov2018
In a new spike in tensions along the border, Turkey said its military shelled Kurdish positions across the border in Syria, east of the Euphrates River. It was the second time this week Turkish
Erdogan won’t admit it, but Canal Istanbul dream is over
Source:al Monitor Date:28Oct2018
Wolfango Piccoli, the London-based Co-President of Teneo Intelligence, said, “Despite possible loan guarantees from the Turkish treasury, it will be a real struggle for Turkey to find
The Breakneck Islamization of Turkey’s Education System
Source:Gatestone Institute Date:28Oct2018
All the same, the number of “imam hatip” schools has climbed from 450 in 2002 to 4,112 in 2017. Meanwhile, there are only 302 specialized science high schools in the country. Imam
Leaders of Turkey, Syria, France and Germany hold Syria talks
Source:al Jazeera Date:28Oct2018
Not much progress in this summit, but Erdogan manages to involve Europeans, Idlib peace holds and agreement reached for all Syrians to return home safely. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr,