Nation Branding in a Digitalized World: The Case of Black State
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Turkey
Turkey’s Kurds Choose the AK Party over HDP Separatism
The AK Party increased its votes in the eastern region, which shows that stiff counterterrorism measures against the PKK have…
The Safety and Reliability of Elections in Turkey
Gerrymandering allegations, which were rarely seen in the past, have apparently turned into a manipulation tool for Turkey’s opposition parties…
Post-Election Turkey: Possible Scenarios
Since there is less than 24 hours left to Turkey’s local elections, it is crucial to discuss possible future scenarios…
Turkey’s Secularists and Separatists Hand in Hand to the Ballots
What did the CHP and Iyi Party promise the HDP in order to receive support? No representative from either party…
Turkey’s Domestic Car Amid Major Changes in the Global Automotive Industry
Turkey will have its own domestic car in 2021. With low labor costs, skilled labor force, and more than a million…
Why are Local Elections Perceived as a Matter of National Survival in Turkey?
Overall, the AK Party and the MHP see the upcoming elections as a matter of national survival because of the…
Turkey’s Regulation Markets: What are the Reactions? A Street Story
Although there has been heated debates on these markets in the media from an ‘ideological/political’ perspective, people seem to evaluate…
Neither Sincere Nor Concrete: Is Turkey’s Opposition Getting Ready for Another Defeat?
While the People’s Alliance refers itself to a set of compatible ambitions and narratives, the Nation Alliance is based on…
Why Do Election Polls Fail?
Especially after the June 24 elections, owners of some survey companies admitted that they made fraudulent in the results of…
Vertical Mobilization of Turkey’s Conservatives
The February 28 coup was not just about re-shaping the political spectrum by forcing political parties with military dictates. It…
An Alternative View of the 28 February Coup
What was the February 28 coup? It was a special moment in Turkish politics. It was a moment of the…
What If It Works? The CHP’s Local Election Strategy
Kilicdaroglu’s excuse for a possible defeat is already at hand. He will argue that the CHP failed due to the…
Is there a Split Within the AK Party?
Some political circles imply that former AK Party ministers are about to establish a new political party as an alternative…
Turkey Seeks for an Effective Public Dispute Resolution Mechanism
The Ombudsman Institution can be a chance to provide more transparency, collaboration, and problem-solving in Turkey’s state structure under the…
Anti-Refugee Sentiment Ahead of Turkey’s Local Elections
In the run up to the local elections to be held on March 31, anti-refugee rhetoric targeting Syrian refugees have…
Hunger Strikes for the PKK’s Imprisoned Leader Ocalan
HDP and its predecessors have long followed and supported Ocalan. Sometimes, they argued that Ocalan was being poisoned, sometimes tortured.…
Is the Turkish Opposition Really an Alternative?
Despite the rising public displeasure with the existing ruling power, the opposition seems to fail to offer itself as an…
President Erdogan Reveals the AK Party’s Election Manifesto
The AK Party’s latest manifesto is the reflection of the party’s intrinsic and newly-emerging approach in governing the urban. It…
