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ANKARA: The suicide of a young Istanbul couple who faced serious financial struggles caused by coronavirus restrictions has raised fears about growing poverty levels in Turkey. The pair committed suicide on Feb. 9 after leaving their 1-year-old child with a neighbor. It is believed they were struggling with financial hardships as a result of anti-coronavirus policies that have caused growing disillusionment across the country. The incident has become a symbol of the country’s new economic rea...

Five months ago, Alexei Navalny laid in a Berlin hospital bed, seeing nothing but the inside of his eyelids as doctors worked hard for his life. Now, he sees thousands of people standing up for him through the bars of a Russian jail cell. Russian authorities arrested Navalny, a popular political activist and critic, on...

Defend Boğaziçi University students against police state repression! Sosyalist Eşitlik (Socialist Equality Group) strongly condemns the police attacks and detention of more than 150 students yesterday at the Boğaziçi University in İstanbul and in İzmir. Police attacks on students around Boğaziçi University and in İzmir began yesterday at noon. They continued as hundreds of police armed with rifles entered Boğaziçi University, responding to a call by its rector, Melih Bulu. They deta...

Looking for new political equations in Turkey January 29, 2021 at 10:29 am | Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Opinion, Turkey Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends his party’s congress in Ankara, Turkey on January 13, 2021 [Mustafa Kamacı/Anadolu Agency] January 29, 2021 at 10:29 am The government and opposition in Turkey agree that the general situation is not good, even if the former does not say this explicitl...

Under the leadership of Hezbollah, the Shias in the south and the Bekaa Valley are basically the main religious caste shouldering the heavy burden of defending Lebanon from the frequent aggressions of Israel.  Without the Shiaa, south Lebanon would have long been swallowed by Israel and Lebanon divided and scraped from the number of independent States.  It is the Shiaa who forced Israel to withdraw unconditionally from the south in May 24, 2000.  It is the Shiaa who foiled the strategy o...

Egypt’s parliament elected Hanafy Ali el-Gebaly as its new speaker, raising controversy as Gebaly chaired the Supreme Constitutional Court that validated an agreement under which Egypt agreed to transfer the strategic Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia.

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hunting for potential electoral allies to bolster the People’s Alliance that he formed with the ultra-nationalist party MHP. The next elections are not scheduled until June 2023, but the growing popularity of the opposition has made him aware of his vulnerability in a possible snap election. The unification of the opposition brought victory in key municipalities, including Istanbul and Ankara, during the 2019 local elections. The mayors of bot...

Yemen peace efforts falter as Houthis demand direct flights to Iran Houthis demanded arranging unchecked direct flights to Iran, Syria and Lebanon, halting Arab coalition airstrikes, and easing restrictions on traffic to and from the seaport Government renews its accusations about Teharan-backed militias not being serious about dialogue Updated 06 April 2021 April 05, 2021 21:49 AL-MUKALLA: UN-brokered peace efforts to end the war in Yemen have made no progress, with the Houthis and government...

Last Updated On: Jan 17 2021 04:04 Gmt+3 Violence directed at political opponents of the Turkish state has been on the increase recently, with the Deputy Head of the Future Party being violently attacked in his car, a day after threats from the Deputy Head of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) against him. The Future Party’s Selçuk Özdağ was attacked by 5 people as he got into his car in Ankara on Jan. 15, according to Duvar. Özdağ was immediately taken to hospital for treatment after...

By Lilly Biddell Turnout was low in both rounds - 14.23% in the first round, and 10.22% in the second round. A total of 74 of the 100 constituency seats were won in the first round, while 26 held run-off elections in September between the top two candidates in the constituencies. Out of the 74 determined constituency seats in the first round, 68 went to the Nations Future Party, which has extremely close connections to members in the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The Republican...