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In interview with Medyascope, Ahmet Davutoğlu laments electoral alliance with CHP

Ahmet Davutoğlu, Chairman of the Gelecek Party and former Prime Minister of Turkey, expressed in a Monday evening (July 31) interview with Medyascope’s Ruşen Çakır frustration over his party’s alliance with the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) during Turkey’s general elections this past spring, saying his party paid an undue sacrifice in joining the alliance and that […]

Medyascope English is online: Meet the team!

In this short meet and greet, TWT’s long time showrunner Murat Türsan introduces the team that will be bringing you news from Turkey. Işın Eliçin gives her insights as a long time English commentator and Mehmet Tanverdi explains what awaits viewers at Medyascope English. Finally independent journalist Céline Pierre-Magnani talks about the challenges of corresponding […]

What good can shutting down the People’s Democratic Party do and to whom?

Translated by: Selin Çetin Hello, good day. Yesterday, the Chair of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced the Human Rights Action Plan. It was not discussed in much detail, and I don’t believe it will be because the situation in Turkey is apparent. The current laws, the […]

The new pursuit of Erdoğan: Dove on the outside, hawk on the inside

Translated by Tanem Zaman Hello, good day. The government in power has been speaking of economic, legislative and democratic reform for some time now. They have been working on it; it can be announced any time. The AKP administration will discuss the work that has been done. Of course, President Erdoğan will say the last […]

This Week in Turkey (191): with Yunus Sözen and Sinan Akgünay on TR-US relations

This Week in Turkey’s guests were assistant professor of political science at Le Moyne College (Syracuse, New York), Yunus Sözen and economist, Sinan Akgünay. Mr. Sözen and Mr. Akgünay assessed the current state of Turkey-USA relations and evaluated how the relations between the two countries would shift under a Biden presidency. Furthermore, the impact on […]

Turkey: Erdoğan’s greatest strategic mistake

Translated by Gizem Ünsalan Hello, good day. The Hagia Sophia has been reopened for worship and the first Friday prayer was held after 86 years. President Erdoğan read the Quran, the Director of Religious Affairs Ali Erbaş followed the tradition of delivering the khutbah with a sword, and the salah was performed. We will delve […]

Turkey: Will Erdoğan hold on to his voter base at all costs? Can he retain it?

Translated by Gizem Ünsalan When it comes to the Democracy and Progress Party and the Future Party, the issue on most people’s minds is how much of AKP’s base will they be able to attract to their cause. Is it possible for these parties to ensure that Erdoğan’s base abandons him? Hello, good day. The […]

Turkey: A multi-party “single-party state”

Translated by Gizem Ünsalan Hello, good day. Shortly after I started journalism, I started focusing on Islamic movements in Turkey. I did quite a lot of reading, went through a great number of books and magazines, and I spoke with people. During those days, it was clear that the people in Turkey who claimed to […]

How and why did political Islam collapse in Turkey?

Translated by Helin Sayan During the interview that he gave to the daily newspaper Karar, the former president Abdullah Gül defended parliamentary democracy, and openly gave his support to Ali Babacan (deputy of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey) and declared that he was “proud” of the events of Gezi (urban park of Istanbul next […]