Closing in on the end of the year, I toyed with the idea of compiling an end of the year review of Turkey, reflecting on the 2014’s headline grabbers. Halfway through my research, I realised a random . . .
Archives for December 2014
Has Turkey come to the end of its EU journey?
Turkey’s EU accession that began in October 2005 has never been at a lower point than today. Relations have been on a downward trend ever since the heavy-handed response to last year’s Gezi protests. . . .
The rise of partisan favouritism in Turkey
Nepotism, cronyism, favouritism and blatant disregard for conflicts of interest have never been so widespread and shameless in Turkey. By revealing the extent of patronage during the rule of the . . .
Increasingly corrupt Turkey? No, it’s our new way of life
Two days after taking over the presidency of G20, with a responsibility to implement an anti-corruption action plan, Turkey has suffered one of the biggest slumps in Transparency International’s the . . .