SAUDI ARAMCO INSPECTS OYAK’S FUEL NETWORK TO ENTER TURKISH MARKET
Saudi Aramco executives have inspected fuel facilities across Turkey owned by military pension fund OYAK, signaling advanced partnership talks to enter the retail fuel market.
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TURKEY SEEKS NATO ACCREDITATION FOR ISTANBUL MJWC
Turkey is working to have the MJWC in Istanbul fully accredited by NATO and hosted an activity of the Alliance to advance the project.
EARLY INVESTORS PREPARE TO EXIT TOGG
Conglomerates Vestel Elektronik and Anadolu Group are in advanced negotiations to sell their stakes in Turkey’s first domestic electric vehicle manufacturer TOGG.
YENİ PARTY’S NUANCED APPROACH ON FRAMEWORK BILL
Although the Yeni Party did not sign the framework bill designed to advance the Kurdish peace process, some of its MPs are expected to support the law in the General Assembly, since some of its MPs contributed to the commission in the parliament under the CHP banner.
PEACE PROCESS LEGISLATION KEPT SECRET UNTIL LAST MINUTE
The framework bill that will advance the Kurdish peace process through the return of militants has reached its final stage, but its content was withheld from all parties, including the DEM Party, until the last moment.
OPPOSITION NATIONALISTS: PROSPECT OF A COMMON FRONT
Is cooperation among nationalist parties possible? What are the prospects and obstacles? Turkish politics has been polarized into two main blocs since the transition to the presidential system: the AKP on one side and the CHP on the other. While the AKP kept parties like the MHP, BBP, and HÜDA-Par in its orbit, the CHP advanced by forging open or tacit alliances with the DEM Party and İYİ Party. But this opposition front collapsed after the defeat in the 2023 elections.
ERDOĞAN’S RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS HISTORIC MOMENT
After the deplorable treatment of Zelenskyy at the hands of Trump and Vance in the Oval Office, there is no question that the world, especially Europe, is at a critical threshold. If a brave new Europe is to emerge out of this crisis, every stakeholder must play their part. How President Erdoğan assumes his responsibilities will be of crucial importance for Turkey. By Hakan Okçal
NINE RELEASED IN ISTANBUL MUNICIPALITY CASE AS İMAMOĞLU DIPLOMA APPEAL ADVANCES AT UNPRECEDENTED SPEED
At the 41st hearing of the sweeping Istanbul Municipality corruption trial, nine more defendants were released ahead of Eid al-Adha, bringing the total number of remaining detainees to 68.
BAHÇELİ DRAWS THE MAP, ERDOĞAN HOLDS THE WHEEL
Ahead of the AKP’s inaction, MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli has outlined a detailed institutional framework to advance the peace process, urging all three branches of government to take concrete steps — while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared his government's determination to see it through without giving up caution.
HALK TV IN TURMOIL AS ANCHORS AND EDITORS RESIGN EN MASSE
A wave of resignations has swept through Halk TV, a broadcaster with close ties to the main opposition CHP, as prominent on-air personalities and editors publicly cited internal grievances as their reason for leaving.
CENTRAL BANK CUTS CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES
The Central Bank reduced the calculation margins for credit card cash advances and overdraft account interest rates by 25 basis points.
RETURNING HOME, COMING BACK TO LIFE
The Syrian opposition's major advances in the last ten days, especially the capture of Aleppo, the second biggest city in Syria, caught not only the international community off guard but also surprised Syrians themselves. The opposition launched Operation “Deterrence of Aggression” on Nov. 27 to end the regime’s attacks on its strongholds in northwest Syria and facilitate the return of at least one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their towns in Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama. These towns had been captured by the regime in 2020 in violation of the Astana Process agreed upon by Turkey, Russia, and Iran. The operation successfully achieved its planned objectives within the first four days. However, everything that has occurred since then has been unplanned and unexpected.