Business reporters now being harassed in Turkey
Source:Reporters without Borders Date:22Jun2019
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the number of business reporters who are being prosecuted in Turkey. One, Cengiz Erdinç, was going on trial today in a case brought by the Turkish
Istanbul mayoral candidates fail to sway voters during rare live debate
Source:Ahval News Date:17Jun2019
The highly-anticipated televised debate between the Istanbul mayoral candidate from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Binalı Yıldırım and opposition secularist Republican People’s
The Istanbul Rerun Isn’t About the Mayor. It’s About Turkey’s Future
Source:Foreign Policy Date:06Jun2019
This is an old article, which we post because it contains an election poll not published by Turkish press: Initial polling after the election revealed that the prolonged process of
Renewed Kurdish peace process in Turkey?
Source:Ahval News Date:06Jun2019
Arguably the most intriguing analysis of the day. While the Kurdish Aixs denies it, this article claims AKP may be contemplating to reinvigurate peace talks with Syrian Kurds. SDF
Polls show opposition candidate ahead as Istanbul rerun nears
Source:al Monitor Date:04Jun2019
Now, a handful of voter polls show Imamoglu of the opposition has broadened his support ahead of the June 23 rerun election, according to news reports. Imamoglu is two points ahead of former AKP
US denies willingness to talk over S-400 concerns with Turkey
Source:al Monitor Date:01Jun2019
The US government has shot down reports that President Donald Trump acquiesced to Turkey’s request to discuss Ankara’s pending purchase of a Russian missile defense system, telling Al-Monitor
Surveys show Turkey’s İmamoğlu will win Istanbul election rerun – report
Date:25May2019
The harsh rhetoric of the coalition formed by the AKP and the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), labelling the opposition as enemies and terrorists, was one of the factors that affected
Istanbul’s mayoral election re-run will only make Erdogan weaker
Source:The Independent Date:23May2019
Thus, a simple election for mayor of Turkey’s largest city has become a political and social battle of gargantuan proportions. The next 50 days not only threaten to further the divide the country
Istanbul’s ousted mayor says billions wasted under Erdogan’s AKP
Date:23May2019
Preparing for the second vote, Imamoglu has sought to highlight alleged extravagance and waste under the AKP which, together with its Islamist predecessor parties, has ruled Istanbul with a
Erdoğan may have provoked a Turkish Spring – U.S. scholar
Source:Ahval News Date:12May2019
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may have provoked a Turkish Spring by forcing a rerun of mayoral elections for Istanbul, according to Prof. Henri J. Barkey, a senior fellow for Middle East studies