Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the weaponised judiciary of his country — which he has turned into an instrument of intimidation and coercion to stifle any criticism against him — to block the candidacy of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as Erdogan’s strongest challenger in the […]
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Erdogan’s biggest balancing act between NATO membership and Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a very difficult position, as he must strike a very delicate balance in Turkey’s relationship with NATO – and the West in general- and Russia, with which Ankara has very important economic relations. While supporting Ukraine and realizing that he must stand on the side of NATO in this conflict or […]
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Under Erdogan’s misguided policies, Turkey’s Lira has its worst performance in two decades
As a result of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox and misguided economic policies and especially his conviction that high-interest rates raise prices, the Turkish Lira is expected to have lost 44 per cent of its value in 2021, scoring its worst performance in 20 years. On Friday Erdogan urged […]
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Ignoring diplomats, Erdogan charts a risky one-man show foreign policy
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, failed to achieve positive results in his two latest trips to the United States and Russia. This may be attributed to the fact that the autocratic Turkish leader has become overconfident, thinks that he can play the US and Russia against each other and does […]
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Erdogan’s grand and costly projects fail one after another
Turkey’s increasingly autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan always had a penchant for very big projects and, according to official data, since 2003 when Erdogan came to power, some 181 mega public-private partnership projects were launched in Turkey. Many of these projects are modelled on the build-operate-transfer system and involve state guarantees if the often […]
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Erdogan and Bahceli move to ban Turkey’s third largest party
Before the ink was dry on President Tayyip Erdogan’s much-touted ‘Human Rights Action Plan’ announced on March 2, the autocratic President of Turkey showed his real “commitment” to human rights, by granting the wish of his ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahceli to take action to disband the country’s third-largest party – the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic […]