Over 80 local municipalities across Turkey (including the two biggest – Istanbul and Ankara) are currently without their locally elected officials. And the list looks set to grow further. Is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s maneuver within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) a serious cleaning-up operation? Or is it part of preparations for a snap election?
Turkey is trying to cope with several international crises and domestic problems all at the same time. What the nation does not need at this point is some religious vitriol and utter disrespect to whatever is left of the secular values. But lo and behold, ask any ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party)-appointed university rectors and they will come with a handful of those.
The United States’ decision to suspend visa applications from Turkey indefinitely is another chapter in the worsening relations between the two NATO allies
Who would have thought that a barely known car-seat producer from the Central Anatolian province of Kütahya would make it to the top 10 list of best practices in terms of women’s employment in Turkey?
Under normal circumstances, in a normal news cycle, the resignation of Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş should have been in the headlines throughout all subsequent days.
The historic referendum that will take place in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region is what Turkey has been denying for decades. Now that the decision is at the door, Turkish officials are halfheartedly making angry statements about a possible independent Kurdish state.
It started long before Turkey’s July 15, 2016 military coup attempt. Slowly but steadily, young professionals, entrepreneurs, engineers, academics and new graduates started leaving their home country in search of a better future.
This long holiday and vacation period has given time for politicians to re-establish relations with their party base and listen to the masses.
Another Band-Aid solution to the crippling tourism in Turkey’s coastline was to extend Eid al-Adha to 10 days.
