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Although the May 2023 elections brought Tayyip Erdoğan back to power as President and restored the AKP-MHP alliance's control of the legislative majority, Erdoğan's new administrative cadre, comprising "ministers" and other bureaucrats, has yet to exhibit any clear signs of improvement in the management of public affairs. This holds true for the most pressing matter of resolving the economic crisis; the appointments of Mehmet Şimşek as the new Treasury Minister and H. Gaye E...Devamını Oku

Mustafa Erdoğan

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04 Ağu 2023

We can perhaps make the most accurate assessment of the state of Turkish politics by looking at the final decision of the Supreme Election Board (YSK), just a short while before the general elections. With this decision, the YSK has rejected the objections made to President Tayyip Erdoğan's candidacy for the presidency for the third time. However, Article 101 of the Constitution is clear that, as a rule, a person can be elected president "at most twice". The only exception t...Devamını Oku

05 Nis 2023

Erdogan's Alleged Call for Court Members

In her news dated March 30, 2023, Seyhan Avşar from Halk TV revealed some allegations that she stated were based on the statements of a member of the Constitutional Court. In the news, it is stated that after the Constitutional Court decided to lift the measure regarding the blocking of HDP's accounts, the President called the members who voted for the measure to be lifted and expressed his discomfort with the decision.

05 Nis 2023

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Oy ve Ötesi Association is a civil initiative independent of all political parties, institutions and organisations, that has been working to strengthen the culture of participatory democracy for 9 years. The association, which has reached a network of 220 thousand people to date, works by prioritising the most measurable and directly experienceable area of democracy, namely the election process. In 2014, Oy ve Ötesi, which introduced the concept of ‘protecting t...Devamını Oku

05 Şub 2023

‘Censorship Law’ No. 7418 and ‘New NGO Law’ No. 7262

The year 2022 has witnessed increasing pressure on Turkish civil society which has reached alarming levels.

01 Şub 2023

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13 Oca 2023

• The European Commission is to recommend that around €7.5 billion should be withheld from Hungary due to the government's failure to deliver necessary reforms to make sure that such funds are protected from corruption. Summing up an estimate of 65% of the funds Hungary received under EU Cohesion programs, the bloc's decision to freeze came over corruption concerns after it triggered a rule of law mechanism.

25 Kas 2022

• The EU aims to stipulate that Hungary must strengthen the independence of the country’s judges as a condition for obtaining €5.8 billion in grants from pandemic recovery funds. Budapest previously agreed to more than a dozen measures to battle corruption and shore up the rule of law after weeks of negotiations, but Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has said the EU’s executive had no right to make additional demands.

22 Eyl 2022

• Hungary was confident that they would be able to prevent a €7.5 billion reduction in EU funds rooted in the European Commission's concerns over the country's rule of law. If Hungary succeeds to adopt the 17 remedial measures that include efforts to eradicate corruption, the Commission said it might stop the conditionality mechanism procedures against Budapest.

20 Eyl 2022

• Russia will no longer take part in the Council of Europe , the Russian Foreign Ministry said, alleging that the NATO alliance and EU countries were undermining the European body designed to uphold human rights, rule of law, and democracy.

11 Mar 2022