Burcu Karakas

Istanbul

Senior Correspondent at Reuters

Gazeteci - Journalist based in Istanbul • Milliyet, DW Türkçe, Reuters, bu aralar "freelance" • Logan Nonfiction Fellow '19 • https://t.co/Hou8Ma0uQG

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Turkey submits official request to join ICJ genocide case against Israel

Aug 6, 2024 | today.westlaw.com | Tuvan Gumrukcu |Daren Butler |Burcu Karakas |Angus MacSwan

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey on Wednesday filed its official request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel over its conduct in the war in Gaza in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the foreign ministry said.
Turkish writer, son accused of fleeing after crash arrested in US

Jun 13, 2024 | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Andrew Heavens |Burcu Karakas |Tuvan Gumrukcu

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Friday arrested a Turkish author and her 17-year-old son wanted by Turkey on charges that he was involved in a fatal car crash in Istanbul and then fled the country with the assistance of his mother.
Women's movements in Turkey: "We women have learned a lot from each other" | Qantara.de

Jun 10, 2024 | qantara.de | Ceyda Nurtsch |Burak Ünveren |Burcu Karakas

Women's movements in Turkey · 10.06.2024 From the Kurdish women's movement to the labour movement and Muslim feminists: the German anthology "Women's Movements in Turkey" builds a bridge between activism and academia. A conversation with the editors Iclal Ayse Kucukkirca and Handan Caglayan https://qantara.de/en/node/44023 Print This book was preceded by a conference of the same name that you organised in 2021.
Erdogan loses support in local elections

Apr 1, 2024 | businesslive.co.za | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

Istanbul — Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president’s chief rival. With most of the votes counted, Imamoglu led by 10 percentage points in the mayoral race in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, while his Republican People’s Party (CHP) retained Ankara and gained 15 other mayoral seats in cities nationwide.
Turkey’s resurgent opposition trounces Erdogan in pivotal local elections

Apr 1, 2024 | dfa.co.za | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president’s chief rival.
Turkey’s resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal local elections

Apr 1, 2024 | ekathimerini.com | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president’s chief rival. With most of the votes counted, Imamoglu led by 10 percentage points in the mayoral race in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, while his Republican People’s Party (CHP) retained Ankara and gained 15 other mayoral seats in cities nationwide.
Turkey's resurgent opposition knocks Erdogan in pivotal local elections

Mar 31, 2024 | msn.com | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

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Turkey's resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal native elections

Mar 31, 2024 | dontworrybuy.com | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

By Can Sezer and Burcu KarakasISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his social gathering their largest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide native vote that reasserted the opposition as a political pressure and bolstered Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu because the president’s chief rival.
Turkey's resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal local elections

Mar 31, 2024 | theprint.in | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

It marked the worst defeat for Erdogan and his AK Party (AKP) in their more than two decades in power, and could signal a change in the country’s divided political landscape. Erdogan called it a “turning point” in a post-midnight address. He and the AKP fared worse than opinion polls predicted due to soaring inflation, dissatisfied Islamist voters and, in Istanbul, Imamoglu’s appeal beyond the CHP’s secular base, analysts said.
トルコ統一地方選で野党勝利、エルドアン政権に打撃

Mar 31, 2024 | jp.reuters.com | Can Sezer |Burcu Karakas

[イスタンブール３１日ロイター] - ３１日に投開票されたトルコ統一地方選挙は、最大都市イスタンブールなど多くの市長選で野党が勝利し、エルドアン大統領と与党・公正発展党（ＡＫＰ）に大きな打撃となった。イスタンブールの市長選は開票率約９３％の時点で、最大野党・共和人民党（ＣＨＰ）の現職イマモール氏の得票率が５０．９２％と、ＡＫＰのムラト・クルム候補（４０．０５％）を１０％ポイント差でリード。首都アンカラの市長選もＣＨＰの現職が勝利した。ＣＨＰは全国的に票を集め、他の１５都市で市長選を制した。２０年以上にわたって政権を運営してきたエルドアン氏とＡＫＰにとって最悪の敗北となり、トルコの分裂した政治情勢に変化をもたらす可能性がある。アナリストは、高インフレやイスラム教徒有権者の不満などが与党の敗因になったと指摘する。エルドアン氏はアンカラのＡＫＰ本部で、有権者からのメッセージに対処する措置を講じると表明。「われわれが間違ったのであれば、（これからの数年に）修正する。不足しているものがあるなら、完成させる」と語った。私たちの行動規範：トムソン・ロイター「信頼の原則」,...