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TÃœGVA
The Turkish Youth Foundation () or TÜGVA is a youth and student foundation based in Istanbul. Bilal Erdoğan, the son of the President of the Turkey, Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is a member of the high advisory board of the foundation and held the opening of the provincial representative offices. This has caused the foundation to be associated with Bilal Erdoğan in the media. The foundation publishes a magazine called Özçekim (''Selfie''). Criticism Eviction tensions in Büyükada The Foundation's organization of religious programs in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education (Turkey), Ministry of National Education, the allocation of İzmir Atatürk High School to the Foundation, and the renting of a high-priced place in İzmit to TÜGVA for 120 liras were on the agenda of the media. In addition, during the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), AK Party era, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) rented the Büyükada Pier in Büyüka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilal ErdoÄŸan
Necmettin Bilal Erdoğan (born 23 April 1981) is a Turkish businessman and the second-born child of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Early life Necmettin Bilal was born on 24 April 1981, the second child of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Emine Erdoğan. He has an older brother, Ahmet Burak Erdoğan, Ahmet Burak, and two younger sisters, Esra Erdoğan and Sümeyye Erdoğan. After finishing secondary school at Kartal Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi in 1999, Erdoğan moved to the United States, and graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a bachelor's degree in political science and economics. He then earned a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2004. Career After graduation, he served at the World Bank as an intern for a while. He returned to Turkey in 2006 and started his business life. Erdoğan is one of the three equal shareholders of BMZ Group, BMZ Group Denizcilik ve İnşaat Sanayi Anonym Şirketi, a marine transportation cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he co-founded in 2001. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. Coming from an Islamist background and promoting socially conservative policies, Turkey has experienced increasing authoritarianism, democratic backsliding and suppression of dissent under ErdoÄŸan's rule. ErdoÄŸan was born in BeyoÄŸlu, Istanbul, and studied at the Marmara University, Aksaray Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, before working as a consultant and senior manager in the private sector. Becoming active in local politics, he was elected Welfare Party's BeyoÄŸlu district chair in 1984 and Istanbul chair in 1985. Following the 1994 Istanbul mayoral election, 1994 lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of National Education (Turkey)
The Ministry of National Education () is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for the supervision of public and private educational system, agreements and authorizations under a national curriculum. The ministry is headed by Yusuf Tekin. History After 1910, a Higher Education Office and a Libraries Inspection Office were established. During the War of National Liberation, there were two ministries of education. The Ministry of Education of the Turkish Grand National Assembly was in Angora (became known as Ankara after 1923, and in English as such after 1930), the Ministry of Education of the Ottoman Government in Constantinople (became known as Istanbul in English after 1930). After the Turkish Grand National Assembly was opened on 23 April 1920 a "Ministry of Education" was established by Law no. 3 of 2 May 1920 as one of the eleven ministries working under the Council of Ministers. In 1920 the Ministry of Education consisted of the following five uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İzmir Atatürk High School
İzmir Atatürk High School (; est. 1886) is a high school in İzmir, Turkey. History İzmir Atatürk High School (İAL) was established in 1886 as a 5-year preparatory school. The school was subsequently converted to a 7-year preparatory school in 1890 and became a high school in 1910. Serving more than a hundred years as a day and boarding school for boys, the school started admitting girls in the year 1998. Currently, the school employs 98 full-time teachers serving the needs of more than 1500 students. Notable alumni ;Prime Ministers: * Şükrü Saracoğlu (6th Prime Minister of Turkey) * Şemsettin Günaltay (9th Prime Minister of Turkey) ;Ministers: * Vasıf Çınar, educator, politician, journalist and diplomat. * Mustafa Necati, statesman * Reşit Galip * Metin Bostancıoğlu * İlhami Sancar * Hilmi Uran * Şerif Tüten * Sırrı Day * Sümer Oral ;Mayors: * Ahmet Akın, Mayor of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality ;Writers: * Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil * Ahmet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice And Development Party (Turkey)
The Justice and Development Party ( , AK PARTÄ°), abbreviated officially as AK Party in English, is a List of political parties in Turkey, political party in Turkey self-describing as Conservative democracy, conservative-democratic. It has been the ruling party of Turkey since 2002. Third-party sources often refer to the party as National conservatism, national conservative, Social conservatism, social conservative, Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and as espousing neo-Ottomanism. The party is generally regarded as being right-wing politics, right-wing on the political spectrum, although some sources have described it as Far-right politics, far-right since 2011. It is currently the largest party in Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Grand National Assembly with 273 MPs, ahead of the main opposition Social democracy, social democratic Republican People's Party (CHP). Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has been chairman of the AK Party since the 3rd Justice and Development Party Extraor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (, Ä°BB) is the government agency in charge of the municipal affairs of the Istanbul Province. It is one of the 30 metropolitan municipalities in Turkey. History The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality was established on 23 March 1984, following the enactment of the metropolitan municipality act on 8 March 1984. Initially, the municipality covered only the urban centers of Istanbul, which accounted for 35% of the Istanbul Province. The rest of the province was administered by the Istanbul Special Provincial Administration. In July 2004, the concept of metropolitan municipality was redefined in Istanbul and Kocaeli, where thenceforth metropolitan municipality borders would overlap with provincial borders. This change enabled the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality to extend its jurisdiction to the whole province, and to assume the responsibilities of the provincial government. The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality now concentrates the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep State In Turkey
In Turkey, a political conspiracy theory posits the existence of a deep state (), a group of influential anti-democratic coalitions inside the Turkish political structure, composed of high-level elements within the intelligence services (domestic and foreign), the Turkish military, security agencies, the judiciary, and mafia. The political agenda of the deep state network purportedly involves an allegiance to nationalism, corporatism, and state interests. Violence and other means of pressure have historically been employed in a largely covert manner to manipulate political and economic elites, ensuring that specific interests are met within the seemingly democratic framework of the political landscape. Former president Süleyman Demirel said that central to the outlook and behavior of the predominantly military elites who constitute the deep state, is an effort to uphold national interests which have been shaped by an entrenched belief, dating back to the fall of the Ottoman E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice (Turkey)
The Ministry of Justice () is the government department responsible for administering the justice system in Turkey; currently administered by Yılmaz Tunç upon the President's appointment. History The Ministry of Justice was first established in 1920 during the early years of the Turkish Republic, following the adoption of the new legal code based on the Swiss civil law system. The ministry has undergone several reorganizations and structural changes throughout its history, in response to the changing needs of the justice system in Turkey. Responsibilities The Ministry of Justice is responsible for overseeing the legal system in Turkey and ensuring that justice is administered fairly and impartially. Its main responsibilities include: * Overseeing the work of the courts and the prosecution service. * Developing and implementing policies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the justice system. * Providing legal advice and assistance to the government and other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cüneyt Özdemir
Cüneyt Özdemir (born 8 February 1970) is a Turkish journalist, television host and producer. Özdemir is the anchorman of the leading local and foreign affairs program 5N1K, broadcast on CNN Türk Television for 20 years now. Career ''32. Gün'' international affairs program Özdemir started his journalism career ın 1992 at ''32. Gün'' where he worked as the executive director. 32. Gün was produced and presented by prominent Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand. In 1996, Özdemir became an international war correspondent where he has reported on major political crisis sites at many of the world's hotspots including the Lebanese-Israeli border, Iraq and Afghanistan. He covered numerous special stories from war zones. Özdemir was given his first major assignment covering the Gulf War. Özdemir, at his young age, gained recognition and reputation for reporting from conflict areas. CNN Türk In 1999, he helped found CNN Türk and in 2000, he began producing 5N1K,The progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Controversies In Turkey
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
