Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Erdogan’s fling with normalization has ended – www.israelhayom.com
Erdogan's fling with normalization has ended
The lapses shown by Israeli authorities on October 7 and the unknown fate of the Abraham Accords have weakened Israel's image in Ankara.
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Monday, October 30, 2023
Understanding Atatürk: Dispelling Misconceptions And Recognizing His Legacy – OpEd – Eurasia Review
Understanding Atatürk: Dispelling Misconceptions And Recognizing His Legacy – OpEd
October 30, 2023 0 Comments
By Haluk Direskeneli
Atatürk is an iconic figure of extraordinary importance, often subject to misconceptions and misunderstandings. It is crucial to understand his true nature and grasp the lasting impact he left on our nation.
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What Turkey has to celebrate on its centenary - The Spectator World
What Turkey has to celebrate on its centenary
Life for Turks would have turned out far worse if the Great Powers had succeeded in imposing the settlement they intended for the Ottomans’ Anatolian heartlands
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Sunday, October 29, 2023
100 Years of the Republic of Turkey: Turkey’s Standing in the International System - Politics Today
100 Years of the Republic of Turkey: Turkey’s Standing in the International System
TURKEYBY KEMAL İNAT
October 29, 2023
The global power struggle is intensifying by the day and Turkey, for all its achievements, still has a long way forwards.
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Turkey at 100: What will become of Ataturk's legacy? – DW – 10/29/2023
Turkey at 100: What will become of Ataturk's legacy?
Elmas Topcu
A century ago, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Turkish republic based on secular values. Today, many fear his vision is under threat by conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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100 years of the Republic of Turkey – in pictures | Turkey | The Guardian
100 years of the Republic of Turkey – in pictures
From its founding origins as a secular republic to army coups, footballing success and the rise of Erdoğan, we look at 100 years of Turkey since 1923
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Monday, October 23, 2023
Turkish central bank expected to raise rates to 35% on Oct. 26 – Reuters poll | NewsTalk 610 AM & 103.9 FM
Turkish central bank expected to raise rates to 35% on Oct. 26 – Reuters poll
By Syndicated Content
Oct 23, 2023 | 9:44 AM
By Ezgi Erkoyun
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank is expected to deliver another hefty rate hike of 500 basis points this week, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Monday, as it continues to tighten policy against rising inflation.
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Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification -presidency | Reuters
Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification -presidency
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Huseyin Hayatsever
October 23, 20238:28 PM GMT+2Updated 33 min ago
ANKARA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted a bill approving Sweden's NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification, his office said, a move welcomed by Stockholm as it clears the way for it to join the Western defence alliance.
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Friday, October 20, 2023
The EU and Turkey need each other | The Strategist
The EU and Turkey need each other
20 Oct 2023|Ana Palacio
Even before Hamas’s barbaric attack on Israel catapulted the Middle East back to the forefront of global geopolitics, the European Union recognised the critical importance of Turkey as a bridgehead to the region. Yet the EU’s policy of engagement with Turkey has long been mostly on life support.
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Rising Anti-Israel Anger Tests Turkey's Ability to Serve as a Mediator in Gaza
Rising Anti-Israel Anger Tests Turkey's Ability to Serve as a Mediator in Gaza
Oct 19, 2023 | 23:18 GMT
In the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Turkey will try to leverage its population's pro-Palestinian sympathies to position itself as a mediator for humanitarian aid and hostage releases. However, Turks' growing anger over the recent hospital attack in Gaza will ultimately strain Ankara's relations with Israel and prompt Turkey to align closer with neighboring Arab countries.
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Saturday, October 14, 2023
Turkey’s republic enters its second century | Financial Times
Turkey’s republic enters its second century
Legacies of Kemal Atatürk era resonate in the age of strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Tony Barber
Welcome back. Preparations are in full swing in Turkey for the 100th anniversary of the modern republic, proclaimed on October 29 1923. The republic was founded on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a hero in the eyes of millions of Turks for having led the nation to independence and embarking on an extensive, rapid modernisation of state and society.
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Monday, October 09, 2023
1923–2023: the Turkish century (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, October 2023)
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1923–2023: the Turkish century
Souvenirs in Canakkale, Turkey.
cc. Jirka Matousek
Turkey is 100 years old. This dossier of articles from our archive traces the modernisation of the country that succeeded the Ottoman Empire and was proclaimed a republic on 29 October 1923. It examines the political and cultural divisions that still tear its social fabric apart, and looks at the alliances and geopolitical struggles that have made Turkey a major player in the Middle East.
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Friday, October 06, 2023
Brain drain in Turkey's creative sector: How exile abroad affects Turkish artists and intellectuals - Qantara.de
Brain drain in Turkey's creative sector
How exile abroad affects Turkish artists and intellectuals
Turkey is experiencing its biggest brain drain of recent years. But it's not only academics, doctors, engineers and journalists who are leaving. A growing number of artists, writers and intellectuals have left the country too. Many of them face prison sentences in Turkey if they return home. How are they managing their lives in exile? By Ceyda Nurtsch
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Earthquake aftermath: Asbestos lurks in Turkey's earthquake zone - Qantara.de
Earthquake aftermath
Asbestos lurks in Turkey's earthquake zone
An exclusive DW investigation has revealed the health threat posed by asbestos in Turkey's Hatay province in the aftermath of the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in February 2023. Health experts are deeply concerned for residents. By Serdar Vardar and Pelin Ünker
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Co-operation between Ankara, Athens and Berlin: New alliances in European migration diplomacy - Qantara.de
Co-operation between Ankara, Athens and Berlin
New alliances in European migration diplomacy
If official statements are to be believed, the governments of Greece, Turkey and Germany share a common goal: to gain control of refugee flows in the Aegean Sea and along the River Evros on the Greek-Turkish border. By Ronald Meinardus in Athens
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Wednesday, October 04, 2023
How Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rose to power in Türkiye and what does it means for the world - ABC News
How Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rose to power in Türkiye and what does it means for the world
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By Hamish Macdonald, Nick Baker, Linda LoPresti and Greg Muller for Take Me To Your Leader
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Writer and academic Ihsan Yilmaz knows what it's like to be on the wrong side of one of the world's most powerful people.
Dr Yilmaz, who is from Türkiye and is now an Australian citizen, has spoken out against his homeland's controversial leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, over the past decade.
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Tuesday, October 03, 2023
Turkey’s president picks a fight with the Council of Europe
Turkey’s president picks a fight with the Council of Europe
Will Recep Tayyip Erdogan quit a body that criticises his opponents’ trials?
Oct 3rd 2023 | ISTANBUL
For 73 years Turkey has been a member of the Council of Europe, the organisation established in 1949, long before there was a European Union, to protect fundamental human rights on European soil in the wake of the second world war. Recent developments suggest it may not be a member for much longer.
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