Has Turkey Shifted Away from Right-Wing Politics?
It is early to say that Turkey’s 2024 local elections marked the end of European-style far-right politics, but it left…
It is early to say that Turkey’s 2024 local elections marked the end of European-style far-right politics, but it left…
The increase in the number of religious characters in Turkish TV series should be noted as a positive development as…
The Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement presents Western powers with challenges and opportunities in migration management, energy distribution, EU positioning in the Eastern…
Turkey has a multi-dimensional presence throughout the Horn of Africa and repeatedly emphasizes the paramount importance of regional peace.
The overarching theme for 2024, “Advancing Diplomacy in Times of Turmoil,” aims to provide a comprehensive reflection on the turbulent…
The Turkish navy in Somali waters could deter illegal fishing by countries like Iran and China, and address the resurgence…
This time, Erdogan’s way in Turkish foreign policy is a strategy to save the country first and to turn it…
In all these years as the AK Party has pursued society’s demands for ending the domination of the bureaucratic elites…
While all major Turkish political parties nominated their de jure or de facto party leader as their presidential candidate, the…
Will they say “We do not have any mutually-agreed program on any subject. We only aim to unseat Erdogan, return…
It seems like the Kurdish votes will be split between Erdogan and Demirtas in the first round of the elections.…
The shift to a presidential system may be the most critical step in institutionalizing democratic politics in Turkey. It promises…
Over the course of the past seven years, Kilicdaroglu’s CHP differed from former party leader Deniz Baykal’s CHP in this…
Two important strategies of the political opposition failed in the election process. However, this does not mean that the opposition…
The electoral behavior of Turkey’s Kurds with regard to the AK Party and Erdogan vis a vis the HDP shows…
There are three interrelated weaknesses of the Turkish opposition: the lack of ideological inclusiveness, the lack of leadership, and the…
Anti-Erdoganism is far from responding to societal demands and this makes it a poor idea in creating the largest and…
To get a clear notion of what’s happening in Turkey, the following main points can be taken into consideration: First,…
The fact that there are only two months before the elections means that the government cannot resort to populist policies…
Overall, it should be emphasized that the political opposition in Turkey still suffer to decide on their strategy for the…
The CHP chairman Kilicdaroglu does not seem to know yet if he will run himself as a candidate or nominate the names…
Erdogan knows that he will win in any pairwise election and that is the reason why he presents the elections…
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