Will Erdogan’s power take hit after losing his biggest political ally?
Source:Middle East Eye Date:25Oct2018
Doesn’t answer the question, but good background on AKP-MHP alliance Turkish president’s AK Party has lost its ultranationalist ally, the MHP, amid disputes ahead of upcoming local
Ultra-nationalists shake Turkey’s Erdogan by calling off alliance
Source:Middle East Eye Date:24Oct2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Party were shaken on Tuesday after the sudden announcement that their ultra-nationalist coalition partners were calling off an electoral
Turkey’s All-Out Diplomacy
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:24Oct2018
Marc Pierini calls the spade a spade, by reminding Ankara that foreign policy successes will not substitue for sound economic management: The first is that Turkey’s economy is on a cliff
Erdoğan vows broadening rights, freedoms
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:22Oct2018
We keep our fingers crossed, but this is what he said: “We will continue to work on expanding rights and freedoms, as well as improving democracy, although some people have made a habit of
AKP to suffer greatest loss in Turkey’s 2019 local elections, says pollster
Source:Ahval News Date:21Oct2018
Turkey’s leading Justice and Development Party (AKP) will continue to lose voters to ally far-right nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the main opposition Republican People’s Party
ANALYSIS: Will US grant waivers to Turkey for Iran sanctions?
Source:PA Intelligence Date:20Oct2018
After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted that some sanctions on Turkey will be lifted, the focus of the Turko-American tension shifted to the most immediate dispute, namely compliance with
Turkey-Greece ties face new round of tension over reserves in Mediterranean
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:20Oct2018
Ties between Turkey and Greece are facing a new source of tension on military terms, this time due to natural reserves in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkish Naval Forces have interdicted a Greek
Trade Minister: The real Turkish economy is proving analysts wrong | View
Source:Euronews Date:17Oct2018
Every voice, even those of Trade Ministers need to be heard: By Ruhsar Pekcan To the bewilderment of many analysts, data released this month has revealed that Turkey’s “real”
Moscow, Ankara say Syria buffer going ahead despite missed deadline
Source:Yahoo News Date:17Oct2018
As I claimed all along–Russia doesn’t want to lose Turkey, will not countenance Assad attack on Idlib Neither Turkey nor Russia seemed fazed by the apparent breach of the plan
Turkey in danger of becoming a pariah state over rights record
Source:Ahval News Date:16Oct2018
“For the last two years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Turkey as the world’s leading jailer of journalists. In October 2016, following a failed military coup that summer,