Ankara municipality registers 136 million-lira budget surplus under opposition mayor
The municipality of Turkish capital Ankara has registered a budget surplus of 136 million liras ($ 24.6 million) in its first 100 days under the leadership of a mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), left-wing news site Birgün reported on Wednesday.
The Ankara municipality was 8.4 billion liras in debt when opposition mayor Mansur Yavaş took office in April, Birgün said, citing a newly published booklet documenting the new mayor’s first 100 days on the job.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Turkey breaks record on refugees attending universities – Middle East Monitor
Turkey breaks record on refugees attending universities
July 30, 2019 at 8:52 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, International Organisations, News, Turkey, UN
Diploma [File photo]
July 30, 2019 at 8:52 pm
Turkey has broken a record on higher education for students under international protection, the head of the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) said on Tuesday, says Anadolu Agency.
Abdullah Eren said that YTB provides “Turkey scholarships” to students from different parts of the world since 2011.
More:Turkey breaks record on refugees attending universities – Middle East Monitor
July 30, 2019 at 8:52 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, International Organisations, News, Turkey, UN
Diploma [File photo]
July 30, 2019 at 8:52 pm
Turkey has broken a record on higher education for students under international protection, the head of the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) said on Tuesday, says Anadolu Agency.
Abdullah Eren said that YTB provides “Turkey scholarships” to students from different parts of the world since 2011.
More:Turkey breaks record on refugees attending universities – Middle East Monitor
Turkish Tweaks Set Stage for Rate Cuts in New Governor's Debut - Bloomberg
Turkish Tweaks Set Stage for Rate Cuts in New Governor's Debut
By Cagan Koc and Onur Ant
July 30, 2019, 6:23 PM GMT+2 Updated on July 31, 2019, 10:32 AM GMT+2
Turkey’s central bank lowered its inflation forecast for this year, opening the door for what may be the biggest easing push in emerging markets even as new Governor Murat Uysal struck a note of caution.
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By Cagan Koc and Onur Ant
July 30, 2019, 6:23 PM GMT+2 Updated on July 31, 2019, 10:32 AM GMT+2
Turkey’s central bank lowered its inflation forecast for this year, opening the door for what may be the biggest easing push in emerging markets even as new Governor Murat Uysal struck a note of caution.
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Monday, July 29, 2019
Turkey reverses course, releases some academics imprisoned on dubious charges
Turkey reverses course, releases some academics imprisoned on dubious charges
by Eugene Chudnovsky
| July 29, 2019 10:02 AM
The pendulum of Turkish justice that has been crashing academics for their real and invented political dissent since 2016 has swung back. On July 26, the Turkish Constitutional Court, in a stunning reversal, ruled that sentences given to ten Academics for Peace who protested a massacre of Kurdish civilians by the Turkish army violated their freedom of expression.
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by Eugene Chudnovsky
| July 29, 2019 10:02 AM
The pendulum of Turkish justice that has been crashing academics for their real and invented political dissent since 2016 has swung back. On July 26, the Turkish Constitutional Court, in a stunning reversal, ruled that sentences given to ten Academics for Peace who protested a massacre of Kurdish civilians by the Turkish army violated their freedom of expression.
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İmamoğlu expresses support for former Erdoğan ally's party | Ahval
İmamoğlu expresses support for former Erdoğan ally's party
Istanbul’s newly elected opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has stated his approval of a measure by the interior ministry to move Syrian refugees not registered in the megacity to their original province of registration.
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Istanbul’s newly elected opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has stated his approval of a measure by the interior ministry to move Syrian refugees not registered in the megacity to their original province of registration.
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Sunday, July 28, 2019
Turkish TV show about urban poor hits a raw nerve | Constanze Letsch | AW
Turkish TV show about urban poor hits a raw nerve
TV shows such as “Cukur” depict the lives of unemployed young men who live in poor urban districts and who try to survive in an unjust, brutal world by means of petty crime.
Saturday 27/07/2019
Tough scenes. A poster of the television show “Cukur.” (Facebook)
ISTANBUL - Scores of tourists strike various poses in front of a run-down cafe. Camera phones flash. Graffiti decorates the walls. Violent Turkish rap music blasts from nearby speakers. “It’s Cukur!” a young woman says happily to her friend and lifts her arm for another selfie.
More:Turkish TV show about urban poor hits a raw nerve | Constanze Letsch | AW
TV shows such as “Cukur” depict the lives of unemployed young men who live in poor urban districts and who try to survive in an unjust, brutal world by means of petty crime.
Saturday 27/07/2019
Tough scenes. A poster of the television show “Cukur.” (Facebook)
ISTANBUL - Scores of tourists strike various poses in front of a run-down cafe. Camera phones flash. Graffiti decorates the walls. Violent Turkish rap music blasts from nearby speakers. “It’s Cukur!” a young woman says happily to her friend and lifts her arm for another selfie.
More:Turkish TV show about urban poor hits a raw nerve | Constanze Letsch | AW
Turkey’s Digitürk cries foul over TV deal as lira slides - Financial Times | Ahval
Turkey’s Digitürk cries foul over TV deal as lira slides - Financial Times
Turkish TV network Digitürk’s struggle with a $125 million payment on a broadcasting deal, citing a plunge in the lira since it was signed in November 2016, is a reflection of the predicament before many Turkish companies as they face falling lira revenues while confronting dollar-denominated liabilities, wrote Financial Times Turkey correspondent Laura Pitel.
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Turkish TV network Digitürk’s struggle with a $125 million payment on a broadcasting deal, citing a plunge in the lira since it was signed in November 2016, is a reflection of the predicament before many Turkish companies as they face falling lira revenues while confronting dollar-denominated liabilities, wrote Financial Times Turkey correspondent Laura Pitel.
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Russia and Turkey are becoming allies, overshadowing Israel - analysis - Middle East - Jerusalem Post
RUSSIA AND TURKEY ARE BECOMING ALLIES, OVERSHADOWING ISRAEL - ANALYSIS
As Turkey and Russia grow closer they inevitably also grow closer in their work on ending the Syrian conflict and also on other regional and international issues.
More:Russia and Turkey are becoming allies, overshadowing Israel - analysis - Middle East - Jerusalem Post
As Turkey and Russia grow closer they inevitably also grow closer in their work on ending the Syrian conflict and also on other regional and international issues.
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Friday, July 26, 2019
As Opposition Builds, Turkey's Erdogan Grasps at Straws
As Opposition Builds, Turkey's Erdogan Grasps at Straws
The threat of defections by prominent, former members of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will present a real threat to the viability of the party's national governance, possibly leading to elections much earlier than the next scheduled polls in June 2023.
To combat this threat and buy time until conditions are more favorable, the AKP will use its ideological, economic and institutional resources to maintain power and stymie defections from its ranks.
But because the AKP has lost strength, it might not be able to prevent a rebellion within its ranks from seriously challenging the long rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP loyalists.
More:As Opposition Builds, Turkey's Erdogan Grasps at Straws
The threat of defections by prominent, former members of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will present a real threat to the viability of the party's national governance, possibly leading to elections much earlier than the next scheduled polls in June 2023.
To combat this threat and buy time until conditions are more favorable, the AKP will use its ideological, economic and institutional resources to maintain power and stymie defections from its ranks.
But because the AKP has lost strength, it might not be able to prevent a rebellion within its ranks from seriously challenging the long rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP loyalists.
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Key US Base at Risk as Turkish-US Tensions Escalate | Voice of America - English
Key US Base at Risk as Turkish-US Tensions Escalate
By Dorian Jones
July 25, 2019 02:15 PM
ISTANBUL - With the United States mulling sanctions over Turkey's recent procurement of Russian missiles, Ankara is warning that America's use of a critical military air base could be at risk.
The U.S.'s decades-long use of Incirlik Air Base is seen as not only of vital military importance, but underscores the strategic relationship between the two NATO allies.
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By Dorian Jones
July 25, 2019 02:15 PM
ISTANBUL - With the United States mulling sanctions over Turkey's recent procurement of Russian missiles, Ankara is warning that America's use of a critical military air base could be at risk.
The U.S.'s decades-long use of Incirlik Air Base is seen as not only of vital military importance, but underscores the strategic relationship between the two NATO allies.
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The EU’s relationship with Turkey is failing - Charlemagne
The EU’s relationship with Turkey is failing
What Europe does now will be a test of its foreign-policy seriousness
Print edition | Europe
Jul 27th 2019
Mustafa kemal ataturk anchored Turkey in Europe and the wider West after the collapse of the Ottoman empire. About a century on Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reversing that process. The Turkish president’s successive power grabs have edged the country closer to its eastern neighbours and rendered its application for eu membership a joke. Two recent incidents have made matters worse. On July 12th the Turkish air force acquired a Russian s-400 surface-to-air missile system, prompting its exclusion from nato’s f-35 stealth-fighter-jet programme. Then on July 15th the eu imposed sanctions over Turkey’s drilling for gas in waters around Cyprus, a member of the union whose northern third remains controlled by Turkey.
More:The EU’s relationship with Turkey is failing - Charlemagne
What Europe does now will be a test of its foreign-policy seriousness
Print edition | Europe
Jul 27th 2019
Mustafa kemal ataturk anchored Turkey in Europe and the wider West after the collapse of the Ottoman empire. About a century on Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reversing that process. The Turkish president’s successive power grabs have edged the country closer to its eastern neighbours and rendered its application for eu membership a joke. Two recent incidents have made matters worse. On July 12th the Turkish air force acquired a Russian s-400 surface-to-air missile system, prompting its exclusion from nato’s f-35 stealth-fighter-jet programme. Then on July 15th the eu imposed sanctions over Turkey’s drilling for gas in waters around Cyprus, a member of the union whose northern third remains controlled by Turkey.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Where is Erdoğan? Turks wonder | Ahval
here is Erdoğan? Turks wonder
Turkey’s social media is abuzz with speculation over the whereabouts of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as the president, normally ever-present on television screens making speeches and meeting dignitaries, has not been seen in public for a week.
The rumours spiked after Arab and Israeli news outlets, each citing the other, reported that Erdoğan had died of a heart attack and his death had been kept secret. The reports originated from Alraees News, an Arabic web site, the Greek City Times said.
More:Where is Erdoğan? Turks wonder | Ahval
Turkey’s social media is abuzz with speculation over the whereabouts of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as the president, normally ever-present on television screens making speeches and meeting dignitaries, has not been seen in public for a week.
The rumours spiked after Arab and Israeli news outlets, each citing the other, reported that Erdoğan had died of a heart attack and his death had been kept secret. The reports originated from Alraees News, an Arabic web site, the Greek City Times said.
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Turkey Is a Bad Place to Be an Influencer – Foreign Policy
Turkey Is a Bad Place to Be an Influencer
Anxious about its failure to establish cultural hegemony, the Erdogan government is going after internet stars.
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Anxious about its failure to establish cultural hegemony, the Erdogan government is going after internet stars.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Associate of Michael Flynn Is Found Guilty of Secretly Lobbying for Turkey - The New York Times
Associate of Michael Flynn Is Found Guilty of Secretly Lobbying for Turkey
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Bijan Kian, a former business associate of Michael T. Flynn, was accused of secretly lobbying for Turkey.CreditCreditJacquelyn Martin/Associated Press
By Adam Goldman
July 23, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A business associate of the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn was convicted on Tuesday in Northern Virginia of secretly lobbying for Turkey, a victory for the government after the judge considered dismissing the case because prosecutors lacked evidence.
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Bijan Kian, a former business associate of Michael T. Flynn, was accused of secretly lobbying for Turkey.CreditCreditJacquelyn Martin/Associated Press
By Adam Goldman
July 23, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A business associate of the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn was convicted on Tuesday in Northern Virginia of secretly lobbying for Turkey, a victory for the government after the judge considered dismissing the case because prosecutors lacked evidence.
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Europe Must Re-engage With Turkey Now - Bloomberg
Europe Must Re-Engage With Turkey Now
Ursula Von Der Leyen has the opportunity to reset badly strained relations between the EU and Turkey.
more;Europe Must Re-engage With Turkey Now - Bloomberg
Ursula Von Der Leyen has the opportunity to reset badly strained relations between the EU and Turkey.
more;Europe Must Re-engage With Turkey Now - Bloomberg
Istanbul mayor İmamoğlu appoints pro-Gezi city planner as new zoning official | Ahval
Istanbul mayor İmamoğlu appoints pro-Gezi city planner as new zoning official
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has rolled up his sleeves to appoint new directors to several municipal departments, including a new director for the megacity’s zoning and urban development unit.
Gürkan Akgün, a Chamber of City Planners board member who is known for his support of the environmental concerns voiced during Turkey’s 2013 Gezi protests, will head İstanbul’s municipal zoning, Turkish alternative media outlet Medyascope reported.
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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has rolled up his sleeves to appoint new directors to several municipal departments, including a new director for the megacity’s zoning and urban development unit.
Gürkan Akgün, a Chamber of City Planners board member who is known for his support of the environmental concerns voiced during Turkey’s 2013 Gezi protests, will head İstanbul’s municipal zoning, Turkish alternative media outlet Medyascope reported.
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Monday, July 22, 2019
US envoy holds talks in Ankara as Turkey threatens to invade Syria
US envoy holds talks in Ankara as Turkey threatens to invade Syria
Ayla Jean Yackley July 22, 2019
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ARTICLE SUMMARY
James Jeffrey, the special representative on Syria, met with senior Turkish officials amid renewed threats Ankara could send forces to a region controlled by a US-allied militia.
ISTANBUL — The United States dispatched a senior diplomat to Turkey on Monday for talks aimed at averting a unilateral invasion by the Turkish military into northern Syria as tensions near a boiling point following Ankara’s acquisition of a Russian-made missile system that its NATO partners fear foreshadows a split with the West.
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Ayla Jean Yackley July 22, 2019
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ARTICLE SUMMARY
James Jeffrey, the special representative on Syria, met with senior Turkish officials amid renewed threats Ankara could send forces to a region controlled by a US-allied militia.
ISTANBUL — The United States dispatched a senior diplomat to Turkey on Monday for talks aimed at averting a unilateral invasion by the Turkish military into northern Syria as tensions near a boiling point following Ankara’s acquisition of a Russian-made missile system that its NATO partners fear foreshadows a split with the West.
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The Tale of Turkey and the Patriots - War on the Rocks
THE TALE OF TURKEY AND THE PATRIOTS
JIM TOWNSEND AND RACHEL ELLEHUUS JULY 22, 2019
COMMENTARY
Watching the current trajectory of the U.S.-Turkish relationship is like witnessing two locomotives hurtling towards one another head-on. It’s a terrifying sight. As both capitals struggle to pull the brake, it’s important to understand the backstory about one issue caught up in the impending train wreck: the long-suffering Patriot air and missile defense deal. This is a tale less about the security and economic benefits of the sale and more about a time of intense geopolitics, bilateral policy fights, and growing mistrust between two close NATO allies. As two senior Defense officials who helped manage the U.S.-Turkish defense relationship from 2009 through 2018, we feel it important to give our view on how the United States got to this low point not only in the Patriot sale, but also in this important relationship.
More:The Tale of Turkey and the Patriots - War on the Rocks
JIM TOWNSEND AND RACHEL ELLEHUUS JULY 22, 2019
COMMENTARY
Watching the current trajectory of the U.S.-Turkish relationship is like witnessing two locomotives hurtling towards one another head-on. It’s a terrifying sight. As both capitals struggle to pull the brake, it’s important to understand the backstory about one issue caught up in the impending train wreck: the long-suffering Patriot air and missile defense deal. This is a tale less about the security and economic benefits of the sale and more about a time of intense geopolitics, bilateral policy fights, and growing mistrust between two close NATO allies. As two senior Defense officials who helped manage the U.S.-Turkish defense relationship from 2009 through 2018, we feel it important to give our view on how the United States got to this low point not only in the Patriot sale, but also in this important relationship.
More:The Tale of Turkey and the Patriots - War on the Rocks
No, Turkey Has Not Abandoned the West - Bloomberg
No, Turkey Has Not Abandoned the West
President Erdogan’s spokesperson argues that the U.S. and EU are to blame for the state of relations with Turkey.
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President Erdogan’s spokesperson argues that the U.S. and EU are to blame for the state of relations with Turkey.
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Syrian Refugees Ordered to Leave Istanbul - Bloomberg
Turkey Orders Thousands of Syrian Refugees to Leave Istanbul
By Selcan Hacaoglu
July 22, 2019, 2:41 PM GMT+2
People stand outside at a tent camp of families, who fled from the Jinderes district in Syria, in Reyhanli, Turkey on on Feb. 18, 2018. Photographer: Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Turkey, home to the largest refugee population in the world, announced measures on Monday to limit the number of Syrian migrants in its largest city, Istanbul.
More:Syrian Refugees Ordered to Leave Istanbul - Bloomberg
By Selcan Hacaoglu
July 22, 2019, 2:41 PM GMT+2
People stand outside at a tent camp of families, who fled from the Jinderes district in Syria, in Reyhanli, Turkey on on Feb. 18, 2018. Photographer: Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Turkey, home to the largest refugee population in the world, announced measures on Monday to limit the number of Syrian migrants in its largest city, Istanbul.
More:Syrian Refugees Ordered to Leave Istanbul - Bloomberg
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