Türkiye in Focus

Weekly newsletter by TRT World Research Centre

Catch Up with This Week’s Highlights;

In this week’s Türkiye in Focus, we highlight the following developments:

President Erdoğan’s visit to Italy is seen as a significant indication of strengthening ties between the two countries, as evaluated by researcher Şeymanur Yönt.

The tensions between the main opposition party and the People’s Alliance in domestic politics continue to brew.

The Kurdish conference in Syria drew criticism from Ankara.

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