Views and Articles

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I find odd the remarks made about TÜSİAD by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the new TÜSİAD president Orhan Turan: “You can’t lecture us, you are an apprentice, you haven’t…

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May Eid al-Fitr, which we also call the Candy Feast, be as sweet as honey and may good wishes come true. May our crops be abundant, our tables rich, and…

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The presidential system in the Turkish style was at least successful in forming the People’s and National alliances and bringing the six opposition parties around the table. However, it failed…

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The US public’s anger against the US Supreme Court’s leaked draft of abortion ruling to overturn a 1973 landmark jurisprudence in the Rove v Wade decision 49 years, almost a…

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In Annex 1 of Central Bank circular “Regulating the Issues and Principles regarding the Repatriation of Export Proceeds,” upon the instruction of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, export foreign…

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I complain about the directors of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) because the Governor of the CBRT and the members of the Monetary Policy Committee flagrantly…

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Whether presidential or parliamentary, the system in Turkey can only function with an independent judiciary. A historic window of opportunity is opening these days, allowing Turkey to become a state…

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Humanity’s two greatest concepts, and yet it failed to achieve in international arena are justice and peace. Many civilizations were destroyed by the wars throughout the history started by the…

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The protocol accident the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen experienced and the statements released afterwards once again revealed the mood that prevailed in EU – Turkey relations. Instead…

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This Saturday morning, while we were planning to peacefully sit at our breakfast table, we jumped out of our beds with two surprising presidential decrees that concern us all very…

5 min.

A head-on collision – as the Westerners say – is underway between the bar associations and the members of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). The reason is the discussions…

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The presidents of bar associations oppose the amendments that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is planning to make to the Attorneyship Act. As a protest, they set off to…

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