Türkiye tightens security for NATO summit as Erdogan seeks to boost global standing
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Turkiye is preparing for next week’s NATO summit with heightened security measures across Ankara, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to use the gathering to reinforce the country’s role as a key player in the alliance. Tens of thousands of police officers have been deployed, air defenses placed on alert and restrictions imposed on […]
Turkey’s Erdogan silencing opposition and cementing grip on power
Ankara: Turkey’s internal political landscape in 2025 has been marked by intensifying conflict and sharpening discord. Domestic political environment included detentions of opposition mayors and other personalities under the garb of anti-corruption investigations, social media restrictions, violent crackdowns, pressurising opposition figures to join ruling dispensation, etc. Municipalities run by the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), […]
