Turkey
Turkey: Victory for the AKP in local elections masks social tensions
By Justus Leicht and Sinan Ikinci, April 16, 2004
The moderate Islamic AKP (Party of Justice and Development) led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan emerged the winner of local elections in Turkey on March 28. The traditional parties of th...
The dead end of nationalism
Turkey: Successor organization of the PKK curries favour with US
By Bülent Kent, April 8, 2004
The successor organization of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), which in the 1990s led an armed struggle for a Kurdish state in eastern Turkey, today supports the American occupying forces in Iraq.
Turkey: Inflation decreases but wages still lag behind
By Sinan Ikinci, January 27, 2004
According to recently published figures, the Turkish economy managed to remain within official guidelines for inflation in 2003. The State Institute of Statistics (DIE) announced that consumer prices ...
Change of government following elections in North Cyprus
By Justus Leicht, January 13, 2004
Elections in December 2003 dealt a heavy blow to the right-wing parties governing the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) under President Rauf Denktash. Despite a stalemate in the allocation of se...
Terror blasts in Istanbul: atrocities aid Bush’s “war on terror”
By Justus Leicht and Peter Schwarz, November 21, 2003
On Thursday, the Turkish capital of Istanbul with its 12 million inhabitants was rocked by violent explosions for the second time within the space of a few days.
Turkey: Reform limits some military powers
By Justus Leicht, August 19, 2003
With the signature of Turkish state president Ahmet Necdet Sezer to the so-called “seventh reform package” the moderate Islamic government of Recep Tayip Erdogan has been able to register ...
Turkey: Power struggle between government and army
By Justus Leicht and Sinan Inkinci, July 18, 2003
The tensions between the elected Turkish government headed by Recep Tayip Erdogan of the moderate Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the leadership of the Turkish army have now developed ...
In wake of US reprimand
Threat of military coup grows in Turkey
By Justus Leicht, June 2, 2003
Just a few weeks after US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz criticised the Turkish military for failing to veto the elected civilian government’s position on the war in Iraq, there are gro...
Wolfowitz in Ankara:
US urges military to overrule Turkish government
By Justus Leicht, May 24, 2003
If any additional proof were needed to demonstrate that the aim of the US in the Middle East is the subjugation of the region rather then the introduction of “freedom” and “democracy...
Earthquake in Turkey sparks violent protests
By Justus Leicht, May 16, 2003
According to recent estimates, the May 2 earthquake in Turkey killed 167 people—including 84 children—with 521 people injured. As was the case with the earthquake of 1999, which killed 17,...
Turkey’s bloody 1977 May Day still clouded in mystery
By Sinan Ikinci, May 1, 2003
May 1, 1977 was a time of increasing economic and political crisis for Turkey.
Turkey: Growing poverty and social inequality
By Sinan Ikinci, April 24, 2003
Income differences between social classes are deepening and becoming one of Turkey’s major problems, a recent survey conducted by the Kum Company has shown. Turkey’s richest families have ...
