‘The Century of Turkey’ Is In The Making – OpEd – Eurasia Review

‘The Century of Turkey’ Is In The Making – OpEd May 31, 2023 Eurasia Review 0 Comments By Lorenzo Somigli Two different political options for crisis periods The Turkish people voted and reconfirmed their trust in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s imperial vision. Contrary to what so many Western media described, the clash between the two candidates was not between “Right” and “Left”, between “conservation” and “progress”, or between “Islam” and “Kemalism”. This interpretative apparatus does not capture the “Turkish prism” in all its complexity and gradients; on the contrary, it offers a distorted and banal image. More:‘The Century of Turkey’ Is In The Making – OpEd – Eurasia Review

Turkey Election Results: Erdogan Beat Kilicdaroglu by Exploiting Economic, Security Fears

Erdogan Won by Exploiting Fear In the midst of uncertainty, people stick with the devil they know. By Gonul Tol, the founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkey program. Turkey’s opposition fought the good fight but found itself outgunned in the end. It was not only battling against an autocrat who tilted the battlefield heavily in his favor, but it was also in a fight against other countries’ strongmen, who came to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aid by transferring billions of dollars to help shore up state coffers drained by preelection handouts. Pro-democracy forces tried to do everything that scholars who study autocracy suggest doing to beat strongmen at the ballot box, from forging a unified front and providing tangible solutions for the country’s pressing problems to running a positive campaign. More:Turkey Election Results: Erdogan Beat Kilicdaroglu by Exploiting Economic, Security Fears

How to make the re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan less bad news

How to make the re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan less bad news There is a chance for a partial reset May 31st 2023 Share It certainly wasn’t fair. Nor was it entirely free. But, like it or not, the victory on May 28th of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey’s presidential election is a fact. For the next five years Turkey, Europe and the wider world will have to deal with a prickly and authoritarian populist. That is bad news on many fronts: economically, democratically and regionally. And yet pragmatists have a duty to search for chinks of light in the gloom. More:How to make the re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan less bad news

Turkish Citizens Opting For Alternative Holiday Destinations Due to Schengen Visa Delays - SchengenVisaInfo.com

Turkish Citizens Opting For Alternative Holiday Destinations Due to Schengen Visa Delays May 31, 2023 Citizens of Türkiye have started to consider travelling to destinations other than those in the European Union/Schengen Area as they keep on facing Schengen visa processing delays as well as long waiting times for available appointment slots. More:Turkish Citizens Opting For Alternative Holiday Destinations Due to Schengen Visa Delays - SchengenVisaInfo.com

Erdoğan pulls out of European summit – POLITICO

Erdoğan pulls out of European summit The Turkish leader, who won reelection Sunday, was expected to attend the meeting, which is meant as a show of solidarity against Russia. More:Erdoğan pulls out of European summit – POLITICO

Turkish artists fear crackdown after Erdoğan wins election

Turkish artists fear crackdown after Erdoğan wins election Artists, filmmakers and other cultural figures have faced intimidation under Turkey's president, who won five more years on Sunday More:Turkish artists fear crackdown after Erdoğan wins election

Turkey election fallout: Voting for the devil you know - Qantara.de

Turkey election fallout Voting for the devil you know Three crises – including the economy and earthquakes – likely counted towards Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election win. That and the fact that all the means of the Turkish state were at his disposal during campaigning. By Erkan Arikan More:Turkey election fallout: Voting for the devil you know - Qantara.de

Turkey's Schengen visa rejection rate soars, five times higher than embargoed Russia

Turkey's Schengen visa rejection rate soars, five times higher than embargoed Russia In recent years, Turkey faces an alarming rejection rate in Schengen visa applications -- nearly five times higher than that of embargoed Russia. More:Turkey's Schengen visa rejection rate soars, five times higher than embargoed Russia

In Turkey's earthquake-ravaged Antakya, residents wonder why city wasn't better prepared | CBC News

In Turkey's earthquake-ravaged Antakya, residents wonder why city wasn't better prepared In Antakya's old town, ancient churches, mosques, restaurants and hotels sit in mangled mounds of rubble that have been largely untouched since Feb. 6, when two catastrophic earthquakes struck just nine hours apart, killing more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria. More:In Turkey's earthquake-ravaged Antakya, residents wonder why city wasn't better prepared | CBC News

How Erdogan held onto power in Turkey, and what this means for the country's future

How Erdogan held onto power in Turkey, and what this means for the country’s future Published: May 29, 2023 3.10am CEST Author Mehmet Ozalp Recep Tayyib Erdogan will remain president of Turkey for another five years after winning Sunday’s run-off election over his long-time rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. If he serves the full five-year term, he will have held power for 26 years – almost the entire history of Turkey in the 21st century. More:How Erdogan held onto power in Turkey, and what this means for the country's future

bne IntelliNews - Voting fraud alert as Turkey’s election board fails to deliver data on country’s May 14 polls

Voting fraud alert as Turkey’s election board fails to deliver data on country’s May 14 polls Erdogan casts his voting paper in the May 14 elections. / Reuters video, screengrab By bne IntelIiNews May 26, 2023 Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has failed to provide public access to the data behind the officially declared results of the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections held on May 14 and has also blocked access to the 2018 election data on its website, according to local reports. More:bne IntelliNews - Voting fraud alert as Turkey’s election board fails to deliver data on country’s May 14 polls

Analysis: Turkish lira's long decline a symbol of strife | Reuters

Analysis: Turkish lira's long decline a symbol of strife By Marc Jones and Nevzat Devranoglu May 26, 20233:31 PM GMT+2Updated a day ago Erdogan’s unorthodox policies have spurred repeated crises Lira has fallen 80% over last 5 years Post election questions hang over markets LONDON/ANKARA, May 26 (Reuters) - As Turkey's lira hit a record low ahead of the country's election decider on Sunday, the currency is looking increasingly dysfunctional with investors concerned about what may be in store if Tayyip Erdogan secures another decade in power. More:Analysis: Turkish lira's long decline a symbol of strife | Reuters

Erdogan says Gulf states sent cash in relief for Turkey -CNN Turk | Reuters

Erdogan says Gulf states sent cash in relief for Turkey -CNN Turk Reuters May 25, 20238:55 PM GMT+2Updated 24 min ago Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas ISTANBUL, May 25 (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Gulf states recently sent funding to Turkey, briefly helping relieve the central bank and markets, and he intends to meet and thank their leaders after Sunday's runoff presidential election. More:Erdogan says Gulf states sent cash in relief for Turkey -CNN Turk | Reuters

Why Turkey's election is being closely followed in Africa - BBC News

Why Turkey's election is being closely followed in Africa Published By Marina Daras BBC World Service Turkey's influence in Africa has been growing massively over the past 20 years and whoever wins Sunday's presidential run-off will have to consider where next to take the relationship. More:Why Turkey's election is being closely followed in Africa - BBC News

Sensing Erdogan Victory, Turkish Youth Ponder Life Abroad | Barron's

Sensing Erdogan Victory, Turkish Youth Ponder Life Abroad By Remi BANET and Volkan NAKIBOGLU in Ankara May 25, 2023 Hasibe Kayaroglu hoped Turkey's presidential election would usher in changes. Instead, days before a runoff Sunday that increasingly looks like a coronation for conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the engineering student is thinking more than ever about living abroad. More:Sensing Erdogan Victory, Turkish Youth Ponder Life Abroad | Barron's

Turkey Elections: Currency fears grow ahead of presidential runoff - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East

Turkey Elections: Currency fears grow ahead of presidential runoff Turkey’s foreign exchange crunch has become so grave that the authorities would even go for limiting cash withdrawals from credit cards to keep the Turkish lira from plunging. More:Turkey Elections: Currency fears grow ahead of presidential runoff - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East

Turkish opposition calls Erdogan a 'fabricator' over doctored video

Turkish opposition calls Erdogan a 'fabricator' over doctored video Huseyin Hayatsever and Jonathan Spicer Tue, May 23, 2023 at 8:44 a.m. EDT·3 min read ANKARA (Reuters) -The man challenging for the Turkish presidency has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of being a "fabricator" after he cited a doctored video to allege opposition links to an outlawed militant Kurdish group ahead of a runoff election on Sunday. More:Turkish opposition calls Erdogan a 'fabricator' over doctored video

Erdogan’s Monetary Policy Is a Disaster, but Turks Keep Voting for Him

Adam Tooze: Why in Turkey It’s Not the Economy, Stupid Erdogan’s monetary policy is a disaster, but Turks keep voting for him. With high inflation and dwindling foreign reserves, Turkey doesn’t offer the most auspicious economic circumstances to an incumbent running for reelection. And yet Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, came ahead of his main rival in last weekend’s presidential vote. He’s expected to win the second round scheduled for the end of this month. The shaky state of the Turkish economy is the product of the unorthodox economic policies Erdogan has put into practice over the past 20 years. More:Erdogan’s Monetary Policy Is a Disaster, but Turks Keep Voting for Him

Fifty Shades Of Nationalism: Post-Elections Turkey

Fifty Shades Of Nationalism: Post-Elections Turkey Guney Yildiz A group of Turkish nationalists chant slogans, protesting in Istanbul, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015. (AP ... [+]ASSOCIATED PRESS Welcome to Turkey in the wake of the recent elections - a dynamic tableau of nationalism, painted in almost fifty distinct hues. Each candidate, it seems, offered their unique blend of nationalist ideology, carefully crafted to cater to their voter base. The variety is reminiscent of a bustling marketplace, each stall with its display of nationalist goods, appealing to different segments of Turkish society. And the response has been nothing short of overwhelming More:Fifty Shades Of Nationalism: Post-Elections Turkey

Turkish election: Erdogan rival Kilicdaroglu faces tough time as economy struggles

Erdogan’s election lead leaves Turkey’s opposition reeling and an economy on the brink PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 19 20231:39 AM EDT Natasha Turak The result of the first round of Turkey’s presidential election was a blow to the opposition, who had high hopes of unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 20 years in power. The voting figures reveal that the country of 85 million is more divided than ever. They also reveal that despite Turkey’s current economic turmoil, tens of millions of Turks still see Erdogan as their only viable leader. The result of the first round of Turkey’s presidential election was a blow to the opposition, who had high hopes of unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 20 years in power. More:Turkish election: Erdogan rival Kilicdaroglu faces tough time as economy struggles