Tagged AK Party

Turkish Local Elections in the Shade of Endangered Media Trust and Economic Credibility

27/03/2019

Turkey is in a continuous election race as the local elections to be held on 31 March will be the 6th elections in the last five years. Besides the ongoing electoral tension, the country has also been in ... Be More Curious...

Erdoğan mocks the EU’s calls for rule of law, by two severely oppressive decrees

Yavuz Baydar

31/10/2016

Turkey

by Yavuz Baydar Early this morning, we the deeply concerned, woke up to yet another nightmare. After the closure of 16 Kurdish media outlets on Saturday, it was daily Cumhuriyet’s turn to be raided; its staff ... Be More Curious...

Turkey’s 1979

Vocal Europe

19/07/2016

Turkey

Mr X* There is no doubt. What happened on last July 15, 2016 was a military coup attempt against the Turkish government. The democratic wisdom requires people condemn any coup against elected governments. In this regard, coup failed, and this is an importan... Be More Curious...

Turkey’s Construction Bubble; end of Erdogan’s Dream?

Vocal Europe

27/05/2015

Turkey

(Photo taken from businessht.com.tr) by Eren Alp With only a few days to go before Turkey’s pivotal parliamentary elections, the main opposition party, the CHP, announced on the 21st of May its plans to ... Be More Curious...