Türkiye in Focus

Weekly newsletter by TRT World Research Centre

In this week’s Türkiye in Focus, we covered the following topics:

  • 2025 has been declared the Year of the Family in Türkiye.
  • President Erdoğan made key statements on the process initiated by Devlet Bahçeli concerning the Kurdish question and the PKK’s disarmament.
  • Three right-wing parties have united under a single umbrella party.
  • A major corruption investigation has been launched, resulting in the detention of the Beşiktaş Mayor.
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Ömer Sevim
Ömer Sevim
Ömer Sevim is a Researcher at TRT World Research Centre. After graduating from Boğaziçi University Department of Sociology, he completed his master's degree in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham. His areas of interest can be listed as media discourse analysis, neoliberalism, immigration and European studies.

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