The Turkish government has blocked access to Instagram, preventing the country’s nearly 60 million users from seeing or posting on the popular social media platform. The decision was announced by the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu) on its website on Friday morning, 2 August. Although no official reason has […]
Britain’s newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has had an opportunity to hold face-to-face meetings with a number of world leaders at the 75th anniversary NATO Heads of State Summit last week, among them President Erdoğan of Turkiye. The two men met on Thursday 11 July – the final day of the three-day summit […]
Turkiye has announced it is halting all import and export transactions with Israel citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in Gaza. Israel’s seven month military offensive in Gaza has left over 34,500 people dead, most women and children. “All import and export transactions related to Israel, including all products, have been stopped,” Turkiye’s trade ministry said […]
An attempted coup in Turkiye on 15 July 2016 resulted in huge repercussions for thousands of ordinary civilians in the country who suddenly found themselves targeted. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued an emergency decree in the wake of the failed coup resulted in over 160,000 public sector workers and civil servants being instantly fired […]
On Sunday, Turks will head to the polls to determine who their local councils will be run by. An estimated 63 million people are eligible to vote, electing mayors and councillors across 81 Türkiye’s provinces. Some are viewing these elections as a barometer on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s popularity as the veteran politician leads his […]
The third edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) is underway, bringing together heads of states and governments, ministers, diplomats, business leaders, academics, policy makers, and journalists to discuss the key issues dominating the global agenda. An estimated 4,500 delegates from 147 countries will take part in the three-day event, running from 1 to 3 […]
It was all smiles between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Greek host, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, after the pair met in Athens as part of the 5th Greece-Turkiye High Level Cooperation Council. The two leaders signed a joint declaration to pursue good neighbourly relations, marking a significant shift in how the historical foes […]
On Sunday, newly elected MPs in this year’s May General Elections joined their more experienced political colleagues for the reconvening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye (TBMM) following the summer recess. The 28th session of the Turkish Parliament had officially commenced on 2 June 2023, after the Parliamentary and Presidential elections, but there was […]
Turkiye reaffirmed its commitment to a two-state solution for Cyprus in a speech made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the United Nations in New York earlier this week. Referring to the sixtieth anniversary of the Cyprus Problem and the broad acceptance that a federation model settlement was no longer viable, President Erdoğan repeated his […]
The magnificent new Ercan Airport is but the latest reflection of the major development underway in the TRNC, reinforcing the Turkish Cypriot state’s existence to the rest of the world and its ability to offer facilities on a par with any of the recognised states in its region. Eight years in the making and costing […]
