Hello from our new account 👋 Our original account, @TurkeyinDepth, is withheld in Turkey. This account lets our readers inside the country keep following us. Every week: 📰 Turkey's news agenda in English 🔍 Analysis beyond the polarized headlines 🌍 Politics, foreign policy, defense, economy, culture, media Request a trial subscription: t.ly/cFbk9 By @duyguguvenc @tugrul_c @barcinyinanc @shehbender @nergisdemirkaya @hakanokcal @ckfirat @NazlanEr Murat Gürgen @Paul_Osterlund

Şişli mayor for 15 years. Istanbul mayoral hopeful. Party founder. CHP returnee. Now with Yeni Party. 🧭 Through every turn, one question has followed Mustafa Sarıgül: money. Portrait of the Week: turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

Ministers 7 to 3. Parliament 70 to 30. Army 60 to 40. A veto on each side. Cyprus’s 1960 Republic was a partnership of two communities. By 1964 one partner was out. @shehbender on why #COP31 invitations to both sides reopen that story. ⚖️ turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

The energy is there: Gezi, then March 2025. What’s missing is the structure to outlast the crisis. 🔋 @barcinyinanc asks @Canselcuki why Turkish student protests get absorbed into the government–opposition fight instead of building their own. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

Missed last week’s columns? Three questions to start your Monday: 🔎 🇹🇷 Why do Turkish student protests fade? @barcinyinanc 🌍 Who speaks for Cyprus at #COP31? @shehbender 🌼 How is Mustafa Sarıgül still free while his family is detained? turkeyindepth.com

How does a politician survive decades of talk about money, land and a foundation in his own name, with no outcome in court? 📁 Portrait of the Week: Mustafa Sarıgül, now facing laundering accusations, shielded only by immunity. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

A summit meant to keep the planet from overheating has inherited an older, more stubborn problem: who speaks for Cyprus. 🏛️ Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders, one roof in Antalya, each invited on different terms. @shehbender reads the #COP31 guest list. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

🇷🇸 Serbia votes today, and students are on the ballot with their own list of 250 candidates. 🇹🇷 In Turkey, student protests flare up and fade. Why? @barcinyinanc writes from Belgrade, with stops in India and France along the way. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

Here are your Sunday reads ☕ 🇷🇸 Serbia’s youth runs in today’s elections, while Turkey’s student movements fade. @barcinyinanc asks why. 🌍 @shehbender on #COP31 inviting both Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders. 🌼 And in our Portrait: Mustafa Sarıgül, protected by immunity while his former wife and sons are in pretrial detention. Read the columns our subscribers got first: turkeyindepth.com

His former wife and two sons are in pretrial detention. He is not, because he is still an MP. 🔑 Portrait of the Week: Mustafa Sarıgül, the money-laundering accusations against his family, and the immunity file now waiting in parliament. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

Of all the documents COP31 produces, the guest list may prove the most accurate. 📜 @shehbender on Ankara’s two invitations to Cyprus, and the 62-year-old question behind them. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

Pikachu became the face of Turkey’s 2025 protests. A driver in Belgrade still remembers him. ⚡ So why do Turkish student movements run out of steam while Serbia’s built a party list? @barcinyinanc asks. turkeyindepth.com/article/13…

🇷🇸🇹🇷 Youth, protest and elections: why Serbia’s students organise and Turkey's don’t. @barcinyinanc 🌍 #COP31: one island, Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders, two invitations. @shehbender 🌼 Mustafa Sarıgül: family detained, immunity intact. Portrait of the Week turkeyindepth.com

🇨🇾 TWO LEADERS. ONE ISLAND. DIFFERENT DIPLOMATIC STATUS. Turkey's COP31 invitations to Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders reveal the contradictions of international recognition. @shehbender unpacks the history. t.ly/cFbk9

💰 $100 BILLION WIPED OFF THE MARKET. Yet Turkey's biggest fund winners remain unnamed. Why is the government keeping the list secret? Follow @tugrul_c's comprehensive Deep Dive. t.ly/cFbk9

🌍 SERBIA. INDIA. TURKEY. Three countries, three student movements—and a revealing difference in their ability to challenge entrenched power. @barcinyinanc takes readers beyond the headlines. t.ly/cFbk9

⚖️ One family. Three relatives behind bars. One politician protected by immunity. Turkey’s Mustafa Sarıgül is at the center of a widening financial investigation. Read Portrait of the Week. t.ly/cFbk9

🇹🇷 “The nation has a right to know.” Even voices close to the AKP are now demanding the list of fund winners. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fired two top regulators, but the names stay secret. Why? t.ly/cFbk9

💵 FROM $446 MILLION IN BOND PURCHASES TO $60 MILLION IN SALES. Turkey's foreign investment flows have turned sharply. The latest market picture, compiled by @tugrul_c. t.ly/cFbk9

Parliament is stalled, but other parts of the process are not. Abdullah Öcalan has reportedly moved into new, more spacious quarters on İmralı and is shaping lists of former PKK members seeking suspended prosecution. Two speeds of the peace process → t.ly/cFbk9

What’s still missing in the peace process? A commission with a role for Abdullah Öcalan, permission for journalists to visit İmralı, and parliament’s monitoring body. DEM Party co-chairs took the list to Özgür Özel. The full list → t.ly/cFbk9