Gas hub in Turkey. To whom - benefit, to whom - a compromise

Will Mehmet Şimşek, who announced the most necessary “package of savings measures” 11 months after being appointed as the Minister of Treasury and Finance, be able to achieve the implementation of those measures?

The meeting with the main opposition leader not at the presidential palace, but at the headquarters of the ruling party (no, don't let this situation remind you of the words "I beat the journalist not like the Minister of Internal Affairs, but like Isgandar") showed the difficult situation faced by the most experienced personality of Turkish politics and state administration.

The abrupt cancellation of the Turkish President's scheduled visit to Washington on May 9 has sparked speculations of deep-seated tensions and unmet expectations between Turkey and its long-standing allies in the United States, the European Union, and NATO. This development underscores potential dissatisfaction with Ankara's handling of its relations with Moscow amidst broader geopolitical shifts.

After a 13-year pause,  on April 22, Turkish President R.T. Erdogan visited Baghdad  in order to strengthen relations with the central government of Iraq. Could this visit be a harbinger of paradigm shifts in political Islam?