Erdoğan: Political Commitment at COP31 Can Help Keep Paris Agreement Goals on Track
Erdoğan described COP31 as an implementation-focused summit and welcomed backing for the “35×35 Global Electrification Pledge.”
Turkey
The June 24 Elections: Turkey’s Search for Stability
The liberal international order has been challenged by the rise of China, the resurgence of Russia in the Middle East…
Do Election Surveys Reflect Voter Preferences in Turkey?
Biases arising from research design should be taken into consideration by Turkish survey companies in order to gather more reliable…
How Turkey Has Changed its Counter-Terrorism Policy Against the PKK
This is the first comprehensive counter-terror operation against the PKK. This time, the military strategy is not only targeting to…
Restructuring Macroeconomic Governance in the Presidential System
Turkey is heading for a systemic transformation towards the “Presidential Government System” under such difficult global conditions. But it is…
How are Turkey’s Political Parties Pursuing their Election Campaigns?
According to YSK rules, pre-election restrictions will be implemented by June 14 and parties will have to re-organize their campaign…
A Roust May Hit the Opposition
A roust may hit the opposition parties, especially after the elections. The main reason for this will be the lack…
Politicization of Finance Against Turkey
Ahead of the snap election in June 2018, Turkey is under a severe financial attack. It is quite apparent that…
What Does HUDA-PAR’s Support for the AK Party Mean?
Huda-Par has signaled to the conservative Kurdish voters that Erdogan is still the closest candidate to them. How this message…
Three Scenarios for the post-June 24 Elections
On June 24, the people will rather decide whether the country should revert the old oligarchic regime in which the…
Turkey’s Opposition Falling Into the Trap of Populism
As a reaction, equilibrium or a kind of reparation with respect to the CHP’s left-nationalist voters, who are somewhat angered…
Revealing the AK Party’s Candidate List and Election Manifesto
It should be stated that the manifesto is the most comprehensive and eye-catching document compared to previous election manifestos of…
Foreign Exchange Market in Turkey: What is Happening? What Should be Done?
Although there is no serious deterioration in economic indicators, it is obvious that there is an intense effort to worsen…
The HDP between Ethnic and Socialist Appeals
The upcoming elections, will show whether the HDP and PKK will be able to appeal to the Turkish socialists without…
Rationality and the AK Party
The AK Party proposes the politics of native-national, which is a project of political unity shaped around a particular conception…
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Why During the State of Emergency?
In the Ottoman Code of Civil Law, there is a nice rule: “Bad examples do not serve as models.” I…
How Turkey’s Political Parties select their MP Candidates
While some parties followed a more transparent method and informed the public at every stage of their parliamentary candidacy process,…
No Unified Front for Turkey’s Ethnic Kurdish Parties
The goals of small Kurdish parties in creating a Kurdistan free from the Turkish state’s jurisdiction is neither realistic nor…
What Does Erdogan’s Leadership Mean for Turkish Politics?
Turkey will reach the moment of political normalcy and Erdogan will then retreat to a less prominent position. Under current…
