MURAT YETKİN

What a day to celebrate press freedom in Turkey MURAT YETKİN

What a day to celebrate press freedom in Turkey

July 24 used to be celebrated by Turkish journalists as the anniversary of the abolishment of official press censorship in Turkey.

July 23 2017
Beware of new provocations MURAT YETKİN

Beware of new provocations

A group gathered and demonstrated in front of the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district late on July 20 to protest the Israeli government’s recent move to place metal detectors at the entrance to al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem

July 21 2017
Crisis with Germany worsens Turkey’s diplomacy outlook MURAT YETKİN

Crisis with Germany worsens Turkey’s diplomacy outlook

Turkey and Germany are experiencing perhaps the worst crisis in their deep relations in modern times

July 20 2017
The cabinet reshuffle is more cosmetic than important MURAT YETKİN

The cabinet reshuffle is more cosmetic than important

A cabinet reshuffle has been discussed since before the April 16 constitutional referendum, which consolidated all executive powers in President Tayyip Erdoğan’s hands

July 19 2017
Who told PM that it was a coup, if not the intelligence MURAT YETKİN

Who told PM that it was a coup, if not the intelligence?

The first anniversary of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt is over but there are still unanswered questions about it, which makes it more difficult to understand what actually happened that night and how the Gülenists, who are accused of plotting the coup, managed to stage it

July 18 2017
Face-to-face with your coup raider MURAT YETKİN

Face-to-face with your coup raider

It was the second time in my life I saw his face. The first time was one year and one day ago, on the night of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt, when he was heading a military team that raided the headquarters of Hürriyet and CNN Türk, as part of a raid on Doğan Media Center, in Istanbul at about 03:00 a.m. on July 16.

July 17 2017
AKP’s problematic relations with Gülen MURAT YETKİN

AKP’s problematic relations with Gülen

I strongly recommend you read Barçın Yinanç’s interview with Mahir Ünal, the deputy chairman and spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), in today’s Hürriyet Daily News.

July 16 2017
Dust has not settled a year after the coup attempt MURAT YETKİN

Dust has not settled a year after the coup attempt

The dust has not settled in Turkey a year after the military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, which was defeated by the resistance of the government, parliament, the people and a loyal majority within the military. The attempted takeover has shaken the country deeply.

July 14 2017
Class of ‘94: Rise of Gülenists in the Turkish army MURAT YETKİN

Class of ‘94: Rise of Gülenists in the Turkish army

We carry the same name: Brigadier Gen. Murat Yetkin used to be the commander of the 9th Commando Brigade in Sarıkamış, in the northeastern border province of Kars, until the military coup attempt of July 15-16, 2016.

July 13 2017