Ahead of EU-Turkey summit, prospects of normalisation uncertain

Source:The Arab Weekly Date:11Mar2018

Even as Sik and Sabuncu left prison, courts in Turkey continued their crackdown on dissent. Also on March 9, Turkey’s top appeals court in Ankara ordered the retrial of Can Dundar, another former

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Signs point to early Turkish elections

Source:al Monitor Date:06Mar2018

Turkey may be preparing for a snap election this year to enshrine President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s expanded powers and capitalize on the disarray of a splintered opposition enfeebled by a long

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Turkey’s Erdogan says country should make adultery illegal and listening to EU on matter was a ‘mistake’

Source:The Independent Date:27Feb2018

Could  this legislation be the new flash point between EU and Turkey?   President says he regrets abandoning proposal to criminalise cheating on a spouse. In 1996, the country’s

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Poll: AKP loses its majority

Source:Ahval News Date:24Feb2018

The survey shows that while the main opposition party, Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) would retain its proportion of around 25 percent of the votes, the newly formed Good Party (IYI) would

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Turkey, a Nation Stuck in Politicized, Primordial Worldviews

Source:Center for American Progress Date:22Feb2018

Fascinating and almost beyond belief! Turks view the world through a prism of ethnic identity and religion that defies economic interest, ideology and class struggle. What are we? In Turkey

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July 15: The day Turkey’s media narrative changed

Source:al Jazeera Date:20Feb2018

“So when a new decree-law is announced and people raise their concerns about the implications of that decree-law, usually the first response from a pro-government pundit is ‘Are you

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Integrating Syrian Refugees in Istanbul’s “District of Victimhood”

Source:International Crisis Group Date:20Feb2018

As underlined by Crisis Group’s 29 January report, Turkey’s Syrian Refugees: Defusing Metropolitan Tensions, the risk of violent clashes between hosts and refugees is higher in places where the

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Investors Think Erdogan Could Call an Early Vote Because His War Is Popular

Source:Bloomberg Date:14Feb2018

I concur, Erdogan will be forced to call early elections.   Still, investors will be “anxious about a new risk event on the horizon,” said Paul Greer, an assistant portfolio manager

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CHP will find a Macron for Turkey, says senior journalist

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:12Feb2018

Commentary on main opposition party CHP is so rare, I couldn’t possibly miss this interview. Veteran journalist Mr Sedat Bozkurt says:   If there will be a Turkish “Macron,” they will

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Kurdistan referendum leaves Iraq’s Turkmens in quandary

Source:al Monitor Date:19Sep2017

This article addresses an important question. What will be the fate of Turkmenis, Turkey’s primary allies and ethnic kin in Iraq, if Kurds secede?

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