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Anonymous
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Who is the person behind this week’s headlines? Our anonymous writer, once a longtime journalist who knows firsthand how hard the profession can be in Turkey, answers in short, sharp sentences, weaving in the country’s political history.
Recent Articles by Anonymous
August 13, 2026
Portrait of the Week
The İYİ Party was the only party to vote as a bloc against the framework law on the Kurdish peace process. Its instincts on the nationalist right are already well known. But before turning to the party, it is worth dwelling for a moment on its chair. Let us begin with his name: Müsavat.
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August 6, 2026
Portrait of the Week
Erdal Beşikçioğlu, mayor of Etimesgut, a satellite town of the capital, has been arrested. The charge against him is much the same as those leveled at other CHP mayors: 'Forming a criminal organization for the purpose of corruption.'
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July 30, 2026
Portrait of the Week
The answer is no. Because seven years after breaking away from the AKP to found the Gelecek Party, it has become clear that the party itself has no future. Reading between the lines of his announcement that he will dissolve the party and step away from politics, one senses his acknowledgment that 'things are no longer working.'
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July 23, 2026
Portrait of the Week
Amid the noise and turmoil within the CHP, it did not attract much public attention, but traffic around the Kurdish Peace Process has intensified in recent days. A DEM delegation traveled to İmralı and returned with a message from Abdullah Öcalan.
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July 16, 2026
Portrait of the Week
Haluk Levent is a musician who rose to fame in the early 1990s, performing what is known as Anatolian Rock.
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July 2, 2026
Portrait of the Week
This week, Turkish cinema lost the last of its truly beloved leading men. If only it had been a loss for cinema alone. All of Turkey lost Kadir İnanır.
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June 25, 2026
Portrait of the Week
As the countdown to early or on-schedule elections picks up pace, transfers of lawmakers and mayors are happening at an astonishing pace. Among them, Istanbul MP Nimet Özdemir stands out. Özdemir won her parliamentary seat for the first time in 2023 — under the İYİ Party banner.
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June 18, 2026
Portrait of the Week
Is Mehmet Şimşek missing in action? No. He's still in office, still serving as the minister in charge of the economy. But that very fact is what makes people ask 'When will he step into the light?'
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June 11, 2026
Portrait of the Week
Everything was going smoothly, as it had for a hundred years. Koç Holding, Turkey's largest industrial conglomerate, was marking its centennial.
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June 4, 2026
Portrait of the Week
Reha Muhtar, who died June 3 at the age of 66, was a television phenomenon of the 1990s — he swept through that decade like a force of nature.
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