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ActivismJune 28, 2023With his opposition defeated and demoralized, Turkey’s autocratic president now has a free hand. June 28, 2023 On the day he was reelected president for a third five-year term, Turkey’s resilient autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hopped on the roof of a campaign bus outside his Istanbul mansion and…

The Central Bank of Turkey nearly doubled its benchmark interest on Thursday, the first increase in two years, with the move reversing the country's monetary policy in a bid to fight spiralling inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee raised its policy rate, the one-week repo auction rate, by 650 basis points…

Turkey's new economic team is pivoting away from the unconventional policies promoted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Copyright AFP Adem ALTAN Dmitry ZAKS Turkey was widely expected Thursday to pivot away from years of unconventional economics promoted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and dramatically raise interest rates to fight…

Published On 27 May 202327 May 2023 Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu have rallied their supporters on the final day of campaigning before Sunday’s decisive presidential election run-off. The two candidates are aiming to attract some 8 million voters who did not go to the polls…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called assailant who attacked Turkish diplomatic building with crowbar a ‘terrorist’. Published On 26 May 202326 May 2023 Police in the United States have detained a man accused of attacking Turkey’s diplomatic headquarters in New York with a crowbar and breaking its windows, law enforcement…

Turkey reached the final stretch Friday of a bitter presidential campaign that has seen Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his secular rival exploit fears about migrants and Kurdish militants. Erdogan appears on course to extend two decades of his Islamic style of rule until 2028 in Sunday's runoff. His victory would…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan retained strong support across Turkey's quake zone in the first round - Copyright AFP GABRIEL BOUYS Fulya OZERKAN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stares down from a campaign poster at the earthquake ruins of Antakya, inspiring confidence in Ahmet Gulyildizoglu ahead of Sunday’s election runoff. Millions…

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific Turkey's anti-immigrant Victory Party leader endorsed opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday, potentially boosting the challenger as he aims to make up ground and defeat President Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday's runoff election.  Issued on: 25/05/2023 - 07:37 3 min Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential…

CNN  —  Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of the 1999 Izmit earthquake. So when another devastating quake laid waste to large swathes of southeast Turkey earlier this year, many observers expected the president’s two-decade rule to end with a…

On Sunday, Turks will vote in the second round of the presidential election which could leave incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan out of a job after almost a decade in the post. Mr Erdogan transformed the presidential system in 2017, allowing Turkish voters to select their leader rather than leaving it…