Yesterday, the Turkish Central election commission made a final decision in regard to the contested election results for mayor of Istanbul, which took place on March 31. After the candidate from the opposition Republican People’s Party (NPP), Ekrem İmamoğlu, declared victory with a margin of only 13,729 votes, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) launched an appeal process to ...
Exactly a year ago, on May 8, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump took a pivotal decision on pulling his country unilaterally out of the international nuclear agreement on the Iran nuclear deal brokered by international mediators — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. Trump claimed that the Administration of his predecessor in the Oval Office, ...
Türkiye’de yapılan 31 Mart yerel seçimlerini CHP adayı Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun 13 bin 729oy farkı ile kazanmasının ardından günlerdir tartışılan İstanbul seçimleriyle ilgili son sözü Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (YSK) söyledi. YSK 4’e karşı 7 oy çokluğu ile İstanbul seçimlerini iptal etti. Kararın açıklanmasının ardından, muhalefet partilerinden tepki mesajları yükselirken, AB ve AP yetkililerinden de dikkat çeken açıklamalar peş peşe geldi. MAZBATA ...
Parliamentary elections in South Africa will be held on May 8, 2019, for the sixth time since the end of apartheid in 1994. Africans will also vote for candidates in the provincial legislative assemblies. In addition, a new president will be elected. The current atmosphere The atmosphere in South Africa in recent months is one of instability. This has more ...
On April 4, the European parliament endorsed amendments to the EU Gas Directive. A total of 465 MEPs voted for the amendments and another 95 voted against them. The European authorities claim the changes will boost competition on the European gas market and bring down the prices for consumers. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, currently built across the floor of ...
Israel offensive On May 4, the Israel Defense Forces announced an air strike on dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip. The office of the Turkish news agency Anadolu in the Gaza Strip was hit in the course of the offensive. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu called the incident an example of aggression on the Israeli side, and an act of violence against ...
Büyük bölümünü, AK Parti’nin tabanının oluşturduğu muhafazakar mahallede, bir yıldan beri dile getirilen “yeni siyasi oluşum” iddiaları, Şubat ayında dört yapraklı yonca sembolüyle kurulan bir siteyle ete kemiğe büründü. Ancak bu sitenin arkasında kimler olduğu, bu kişilerin AK Parti’ye alternatif olacak yeni siyasi hareketin tamamımı temsil edip etmediği iki aydan beri tartışılsa da, artık bu konunun önemli bir gündem maddesi ...
Europe Assange arrested On April 11, Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, was arrested in London after Ecuador revoked political asylum earlier granted to the journalist. Since 2012, Assange has been held in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Britain is likely to extradite Assange to the US against Assange’s wishes. Assange is accused in the United States of cyber ...
Rumors of a “new political party” have been heard among conservative circles for more than a year (most of it them coming from the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) electorate), and have increased dramatically after the appearance of website in February that seems to indicate a new political formation. Although discussions about who is behind this site, and whether these ...
On the eve of the European Parliamentary elections scheduled for May 23-26, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini will go to Budapest for the first time. In partenza per l’Ungheria per costruire la nuova Europa e tanto felice perché oggi il Parlamento approva l’educazione civica obbligatoria nelle scuole. Promessa mantenuta!Buona giornata Amici☀️ pic.twitter.com/vCkwRfopRy — Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) May 2, 2019 Salvini ...