Views and Articles

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The calls of the People’s Alliance to “Announce your candidate”, which means “Announce them and let’s give them a rough time by destroying them”, as if no one knows who…

5 min.

European Union Commission’s Turkey 2021 observation report entered Turkey’s agenda and exited almost at the same time it was published, mainly because it carves the contentious issues in the EU’s…

6 min.

Pursuant to Articles 2 and 135 of the Constitution, there are fierce elections in chambers of commerce and industry and stock exchanges, which are public professional organizations subject to democratic…

6 min.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) president Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s proposal for a law on the hijab quickly led to a political consensus when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “the law is not…

7 min.

While Republican People’s Party President Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s question “Are you with me?” is posed broadly, to party members and non-party members alike, it is akin to a dog-whistle, implicitly addressing…

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Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Zehra Taşkesenlioğlu’s exclamations in the hidden video recording where she said “You are destroying me so that you can make money”; the statements…

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Tomorrow, Thursday September 1, 2022, the judicial year commencement ceremonies will be held again. The presidents of the higher appellate courts and most probably the president of the Republic and…

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In response to the massive public outcry caused by allegations that emerged on August 1, 2022, that more than 30 questions and answers from the Public Personnel Selection Examination (KPSS)…

6 min.

As it has done in other countries, Uber has hired lobbyists in Turkey, paying astronomical fees, according to leaked documents. In this way, it was able to easily reach politicians…

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İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu told the British newspaper the Financial Times that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would dismiss him if he was re-elected—a statement that reverberated across the political world.…

6 min.

I find odd the remarks made about TÜSİAD by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the new TÜSİAD president Orhan Turan: “You can’t lecture us, you are an apprentice, you haven’t…

5 min.

May Eid al-Fitr, which we also call the Candy Feast, be as sweet as honey and may good wishes come true. May our crops be abundant, our tables rich, and…

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