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ISTANBUL BLOG: One in four law faculty deans at Turkey’s public universities have no law degree
November 13, 2024
It’s symptomatic of a higher education system that is on its knees.
ISTANBUL BLOG: MI6 spymaster gets “healthy response” to tweet on Turkish Aerospace Industries terror attack
October 26, 2024
Sir Richard Moore left with plenty to pick through in his mailbag.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Has Erdogan's nationalist ally recklessly pushed Turkey into fresh spiral of violence?
October 24, 2024
If a viable peace process with the Kurds was indeed under way, then Devlet Bahceli vulgarised it.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Big nob Mehmet Cengiz tells Turks to “move their arses”
September 12, 2024
Business magnate once caught saying on tape, “We’ll f*ck this nation, don’t you worry,” still has plenty to say.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Simsek’s economic “programme” is misfiring
September 2, 2024
Still positive GDP growth shows Turkey’s “orthodox” finance minister is struggling to be “orthodox” enough.
ISTANBUL BLOG: Jackson Hole photo of central bank chief posing in cowboy hat snatched from view as pressure on lira mounts
August 28, 2024
Head of Turkey’s exporters’ assembly, meanwhile, visits Erdogan to inform him of the "expectations of the export family".
ISTANBUL BLOG: Erdogan refusing to release slain Hamas leader’s $3bn to sons, claims Israeli foreign minister
August 25, 2024
Though in targeting Turkey’s leader with an AI social media campaign, top diplomat doesn’t grasp that being attacked by Israel is a positive for a politician.