This Policy Dialogue analyzed the current challenges facing the media in Turkey. Despite the advances resulting from the EU negotiation process on key areas and issues in Turkey, media freedom in Turkey remains a matter of great concern as it continues to regress. Turkey’s lack of media freedom was explained quoting ownership issues, absence of…
TUSKON EU Representation organized a working trip to Turkiye with, Mr Alojz Peterle and Mr Andrew Duff, 2 of the most distinguished members of the European Parliament. During the working trip the delegation had the opportunity to meet with local policy makers, officials, representatives of civil society organizations and opinion leaders in Diyarbakir and Mardin,…
When Prime Minister Erdogan was elected back in 2003 he gained a large support from different segments of the society other than center-right constituents including liberals, non-religious and even some center left voters through his pro-reform agenda based on EU negotiations framework. In the past decade, this reformist agenda has progressively been conducted by the…
Turkey ended 2013 in the shadow of a massive corruption scandal that led to the resignation of four government Ministers. Consequently, the government reacted by declaring it a “conspiracy operation” carried out by external forces, and launched a large-scale purge of thousands of police, and hundreds of prosecutors and bureaucrats claiming they all were part…
On 30 March 2014 Turks went to the polls for important local elections which saw the ruling AKP party’s share of the vote rising six percentage points to just over 44% compared with the most recent municipal elections in 2009 results. The main opposition party, CHP, received 29%. With Turkey engulfed by a corruption probe…
