n September 20, 2018, that is to say, three months subsequent to the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, the presidential candidate of the opposition party, the left-secular CHP, Muharrem Ince, was asked whether he will run for mayor in Istanbul’s Metropolitan Municipality in the upcoming local elections in March 2019.
And, I should stress once again that not some economic weaknesses on the part of Turkey but pure politics triggered what happened in financial markets, as U.
The upshot of this media campaign is about the fact that the economic and cultural elites in the country have grown restless about the direction Turkey is leading in.
While ministers of Egypt, Israel, the Greek Cypriot administration of South Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, and Italy attended the meeting, representatives of five Eastern Mediterranean countries, Turkey, Libya, Syria, Lebanon and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus were not invited.
) are normalizing relations with Assad regime, the oldest standing ally of Iran in the region; they seem more interested in countering Turkey then Iran.
n 2006, Turkey had experienced a surprising moment of political encounter during the 61st General Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Turkey (TOBB).
n January 1, 2019, renewed clashes occurred between the former Al-Nusra Front Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Nureddin Zengi Movement which is part of the Turkey-backed National Front for Liberation.
uring the first days of 2019, many important film producers in Turkey started a ‘dispute’ by stating clearly that they cannot get their ‘just’ share from ticket sales and criticized movie theater chains and owners.
Finally, Germany might also try to find cooperation opportunities with Turkey, which has also been supporting the idea of a needed reform of the UNSC for a long time.
ince the candidate selection process of political parties for the local elections to take place in Turkey in March are almost finalized, parties are working on their election campaigns to attract voters.
The projects aim to bring Syrians and locals in Turkey to share and ‘understand’ each other for the healthy integration of Syrian refugees into Turkish society.
” “Of course, the YPG asks for both diplomatic and military support while Turkey announced in a determined tone that it will launch an operation in the East of the Euphrates.