After 17 Years of Rule, How Can the AK Party Maintain Public Support?
After their surprise victory in 2002, the AK Party have maintained power for 17 years building a positive legacy of…
After their surprise victory in 2002, the AK Party have maintained power for 17 years building a positive legacy of…
The AK Party and the MHP maintain their cooperation without any significant problem. Nevertheless, the emergence of new parties founded…
Despite all the possible challenges in the foreign policy for the rest of 2019, the main challenge for the AK…
Only when Turkish democracy has deepened and stabilized, and when economic prosperity has been achieved by a much larger swath…
As journalists who closely follow Turkish politics, we are used to the inner debates and quests for new leaders within…
Whilst Erdoğan and the AK party have not changed in their ideology and overall mission for the country, western powers…
It is too early to talk about the future of the People’s Alliance. However, it is fair to state that…
In the “Old Turkey,” to use the term coined by the AK Party, courts often examined the “aptness” of government…
The Student Oath decision of the Council of State was perceived as taking a step back from democratization efforts and…
What do the political parties in Turkey plan for the local elections 2019? What will be their local elections strategies?…
Nowadays, the questions of “what is the true character of a successful mayor” and “what do people expect from mayors”…
Nowadays, Turkey has been discussing the possibility of pre-electoral alliances in local elections. Last week, chairman of the MHP –…
The opposition in Turkey is now trying to polarize society through statements made by artists. Does every artist have to…
President Erdogan’s statement that “We will not surrender to those who act like a strategic partner but make us a…
Instead of making politics for demands of certain sections in society, the AK Party, interested in all problems of Turkish…
A final finding of the June 24 elections in Turkey is that neither Turkey’s eastern votes nor its Kurdish votes…
The Turkish political system is not unipolar, in which a single party acts unilaterally, but has a dominant power whose…
Having handled serious domestic and foreign policy crises over the years, including party closure cases and a failed coup attempt,…
The turnout in the elections was higher than 85 percent, which proves the health of Turkish democracy compared to other…
Many would bet for a victory for Erdogan but with a divided parliament, which will make politics quite hot for…
Loads of rented meeting and conference rooms are getting cancelled in order to prevent programs in favor of, for instance,…
According to YSK rules, pre-election restrictions will be implemented by June 14 and parties will have to re-organize their campaign…
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