The Lion Tattoo on Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s Back and Turkey’s Elections
Kılıçdaroğlu appears to have persuaded his coalition partners that a lion with no head, tail, or ears can exist.
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Supervision or Censorship? Turkey’s Regulation on Netflix and Web-Based Broadcasting
Online streaming services are not neutral spaces, they inculcate an ideological position or worldview through “soft” manipulation. They have the…
Trustee Appointments in Diyarbakır, Van, and Mardin: A Look at Party Responses
The reflections of Turkey’s opposition parties on the appointment of trustees replacing the HDP mayors of Diyarbakir, Van and Mardin…
Cüneyt Cebenoyan: A Turkish Leftist Who Spoke the Unspeakable
After Cebenoyan died in a car crash on August 3, 2019, most of the people in this political circle who…
18 Years of the AK Party: Key Shifts and Future Challenges
Despite all the possible challenges in the foreign policy for the rest of 2019, the main challenge for the AK…
Mayors vs Municipal Councils: Can Turkey’s Local Governments Reach a Consensus?
How will the relationship between mayors and councilors be positioned in Turkey local governments? Can mayors administer municipalities as they…
Turkey’s New Broadcasting Regulations on Digital Media Platforms
The skyrocketing increase in the number of people preferring Netflix, Blu TV or Puhu TV kind of platforms sparked a…
How to Discuss Turkey’s Presidential System
In order to establish the presidential system fully, Turkey needs time and constructive discussions. Views of academics and researchers have…
The Issues at Stake in Social Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Latest news show that some vulnerabilities regarding Syrian refugees in Turkey still persist and the country needs to adapt a…
Turkey’s Presidential System: Is the CHP For or Against It?
Since the CHP realized the advantages that the new system brings for the main opposition party, its direction of criticism…
Turkey’s Civil-Military Relations after the Coup Attempt
Despite the civilian government’s determined will and several structural measures, a potential junta within the Turkish Armed Forces must still…
The Tiananmens Ignored by the Western Media
The night of July 15 in Turkey illustrated that the strong relationship between the media and democracy can thwart a…
Remembering the July 15 Coup Attempt After Three Years
Turkey has faced three problems since the July 15 coup attempt. The first was the cleansing of state institutions in…
What Awaits Turkey’s Presidential System
The ability of opposition parties to form an alliance and to gather together is related to the fact that the…
The Rise of Hate Speech against Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Some right-wing extremist politicians in Turkey blame refugees for the ongoing economic problems and for the level of unemployment. Since…
Is the Liberal Perspective Ahead of Turkish Politics?
What Turkey seeks in the first place is “normalization.” Only after the normalization process is completed economic growth is enabled,…
Has Conservative Politics Come to an End in Turkey?
The successive election victories of the AK Party led by Erdogan for the past 17 years obliged the CHP to…
Why did Voting Behavior Change in Istanbul?
Why did a significant number of the Istanbul electorate change their voting preference in just 84 days? Is this change…
Bloc Politics Determined the Results of the Istanbul Elections
Turkey’s dynamic political and its own path of democratic experience, which definitely must not be limited to exaggerated comments by…