Photos showing U.S. troopers on Syrian soil bearing the insignia of the armed forces of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – which is deemed a terrorist organization by both the U.S. and Turkey - prompted a harsh reaction from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on May 27
That is how Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), described the memorandum filed on May 25 by U.S. attorney Preet Bharara against defendant Reza Zarrab’s bail request
Turkey’s new European Union Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik said on May 25 that integrating with the EU was “not Turkey’s only option.”
The new cabinet of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, as approved by President Tayyip Erdoğan and announced on May 24, featured no changes in key positions. This was another sign former PM Ahmet Davutoğlu’s main problem was “harmony” with the president
In the opening session of the first ever United Nations World Humanitarian Summit, which started in Istanbul on May 23, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan strongly criticized the U.N.’s inability to take and execute decisive moves to address man-made crises, giving the example of the Syria civil war
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) elected Transportation and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım as its new chairman on May 22, after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said he was stepping down earlier this month on May 5
The Turkish Parliament approved a bill on May 20 to pass a temporary constitutional change to allow the trial of MPs who have legal cases pending against them by lifting their legal immunities
Unlike the general belief in the Turkish media, Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım, who has been named by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) as the only candidate for the snap congress on May 22 for the chairmanship – and thus to become the new prime minister – has not been among the “yes men” in the close circuit around President Tayyip Erdoğan
An experienced analyst, who has for years worked on Turkey monitoring the investment environment for a major international financial entity, was disappointed after speaking to a number of decision-makers in Istanbul’s financial world
