WHY TURKISH STUDENT MOVEMENTS RUN OUT OF STEAM?
I was in Belgrade at the beginning of the month. I started to talk about the political situation in Serbia with the relatively young-looking driver.
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POWER SHIFTS TOWARD AKP IN MORE MUNICIPALITIES AS OPPOSITION UNITE FOR TBB ELECTION
Fresh waves of judicial probes and detentions targeting opposition-led municipalities across Turkey are reshaping the country's local political landscape.
COURT KEEPS İMAMOĞLU BEHIND BARS IN POLITICAL ESPIONAGE TRIAL
An Istanbul court ordered the continued detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, campaign director Necati Özkan, journalist Merdan Yanardağ, and businessperson Hüseyin Gün during the latest hearing in their political espionage trial.
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO TAKE UP CHALLENGE TO YENİ PARTY'S NAME
The Constitutional Court will consider on Sept. 29 a request to annul the name of Yeni Party and remove it from the registry of political parties.
AKP'S TRANSFER POLICY: SOME GAINS MAY BE GREAT LOSSES
In football, the transfer window closed Sept. 4. But in politics, it remains wide open as the AKP presses on with a campaign of seduction and coercion unprecedented in Turkish political history.
DEADLY MARITIME DISASTERS RAISE QUESTIONS OVER SYSTEMIC NEGLIGENCE
Two deadly maritime disasters off Northern Cyprus and in the Marmara Sea have raised questions over oversight failures within maritime transport, leaving at least 20 dead and 28 missing while triggering political backlash against officials.
YRP AND SAADET PARTY TALKS GAIN MOMENTUM
Two parties that once stood as rivals, both claiming the legacy of Necmettin Erbakan — the founding leader of political Islam in Turkey under the name of National View— are continuing merger talks.
467 VOTES: A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION?
Debate is underway over how the political balance will shift after the “Framework Law,” which establishes the legal basis for the PKK’s disarmament process, passed the 600-seat parliament with a record 467 votes. The overwhelming support for the law is expected to whet the government’s long-standing appetite for a “new constitution.” But is that possible before the general election, now 20 months away if held on schedule?
ANKARA AWAITS POST-NATO POLITICAL STORM
Turkey's political agenda is expected to pivot sharply from diplomacy to domestic maneuvering as post-NATO scenarios dominate the discussion from July 9 onward. The conclusion of the NATO Ankara Summit, widely seen as an international success for Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally, has triggered intense political speculation amid increasing pressure on dissidents.
JUST WORDS BUT NO STEPS FOR MILITARY HOSPITALS
Soldier casualties have brought the need for military hospitals back to the political agenda
İMAMOĞLU'S DETAINED LAWYER PEHLİVAN CHALLENGES COURT
Mehmet Pehlivan, the detained lawyer for jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, drew parallels between their cases and political trials in Brazil in testimony that electrified a courtroom packed with lawyers in Silivri.
IMAMOĞLU VOWS FOR COLLAPSE OF THE CORRUPTION PROBE
"This political case will collapse," Istanbul Mayor and the CHP's presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu declared repeatedly while delivering the last remarks on the 15th session of the corruption hearing. The courtroom was again full like the first days of the hearing as many were expecting a court ruling on release of several defendants. Only 18 of those under pre-trial detention were released, according to the midnight interim ruling. As expected, İmamoğlu’s executive assistant Kadriye Kasapoğlu and low profile figures like the drivers or workers were released but former CHP MP Aykut Erdoğdu was not on the list.