Attack on Israeli consulate in Istanbul reflects policies of Erdogan that enabled ISIS
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The recent terrorist attack on the Israeli consulate in Istanbul has once again highlighted how Turkish authorities have ...
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Turkish Central Bank under fire as political turmoil shakes confidence
Levent Kenez/Stockholm At a tense session of Turkey’s parliamentary Budget and Planning Committee on May 6, opposition lawmakers accused the ...
Erdogan’s crackdown on presidential rival fuels $45 billion economic fallout in Turkey
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aggressive political maneuvering to eliminate his chief rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, from ...
Turkey’s inflation data is deliberately underreported, lawsuit alleges, casting doubts on reliability of official statistics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A retired judge in Turkey has filed a lawsuit alleging that the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
Turkey falls short of NATO standards in defense budget despite record increase
Levent Kenez/Stockholm In 2025, the Turkish government plans to allocate 913 billion Turkish lira (TL; approximately $26.4 billion) for defense ...
Erdogan had to postpone additional taxes for air defense system project after public outrage
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government had planned to introduce a new bill in parliament that would have imposed an annual ...
Turkey forced to take steps to exit FATF’s grey list for money laundering and terrorism financing
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has finally decided to enact legislation concerning cryptocurrency, with the relevant proposal approved by parliament’s ...
Turkish government aims to cut down on spending on foreign operations as the economy deteriorates
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government announced measures to reduce public spending through a directive issued on Monday. Accordingly, the purchase of new ...
Ankara grants privileges to UAE in exchange for financial support
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Criticism has been voiced by opposition lawmakers and civil society groups regarding approval of the an energy agreement ...
Turkey’s new economy czar is no golden boy, helped Erdoğan suspend the rule of law
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tapped former finance minister Mehmet Şimşek as his new point man to save ...
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