Türkiye In Focus

Weekly newsletter by TRT World Research Centre

This week’s edition of “Türkiye in Focus” explores several key topics:

  • Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek commented on the recent peak in inflation, suggesting that the most challenging period might be behind us.
  • Researcher Şeymanur Yönt discusses the state and prospects of the Turkish economy with SETA’s Deniz İstikbal.
  • The implications of Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s recent trip to China are analysed by researcher Burak Elmalı.
  • The widespread rumours regarding refugees from Rwanda arriving in Türkiye highlight how migration has been weaponised in the Turkish public sphere combined with the rapid spread of conspiracy theories. Although still early to say for sure, there may be signs of a new shift in Turkish domestic politics.

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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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