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ERDOĞAN’S NEW CABINET: FRESH NAMES BUT LOW HOPES
Introduction After having a clear victory both in the parliamentary and the presidential elections in May, Türkiye’s long serving (2014-) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-) took his oath and announced his new cabinet today
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CHP’S ELECTORAL PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST YEARS
Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been quite popular for many years, thanks to both being the party of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the country, and preserving the
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DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ RAPOR: “2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: WHAT IS AT STAKE, AND WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS?”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü ve İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Başkanı Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, Slovakya merkezli düşünce kuruluşu Adapt Institute için 2023 Türkiye seçimlerini ve olası
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INTRODUCING KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU, THE OPPOSITION’S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Introduction While the state and all people have been trying to heal the wounds of the destruction caused by the great earthquakes in Türkiye (Turkey), conscious people, who think that this unfortunate situation that
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TÜRKİYE WILL HOLD ITS PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON MAY 14, 2023
Introduction Now the date is set; Türkiye (Turkey) will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, 2023. As a country that has always been struggling to embrace full democracy in the last
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CRACK IN THE OPPOSITION MIGHT SECURE ANOTHER EASY VICTORY FOR ERDOĞAN IN TURKIYE
Introduction Türkiye (Turkey) is heading towards presidential and parliamentary elections on the 100th year anniversary of the foundation of the Republic with a lot of question marks. In this piece, I am going to
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GROWING POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN TÜRKİYE AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES
Introduction Turkish people still suffer psychologically and economically due to the terrible earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023 in the south-eastern villages of the country. Centered in Kahramanmaraş, two sequenced earthquakes almost destroyed
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COULD TURKISH ELECTIONS BE POSTPONED?
Introduction Türkiye (Turkey) as a nation has been suffering since 6 February 2023, when two devastating earthquakes hit the country’s southeastern cities. Centered in Kahramanmaraş, the disasters demolished 10 Turkish cities including Kahramanmaraş, Hatay
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TURKISH POLITICS IN CRITICAL CONJUNCTURE
The Republic of Turkey is heading for double elections on June 18, 2023 on its 100th anniversary; presidential election and parliamentary election. This means that there is almost a year left until the elections
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COULD ANKARA MAYOR MANSUR YAVAŞ BECOME THE OPPOSITION’S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
As Turkish economy suffers from high inflation and the devaluation of Turkish lira, the opposition’s hope for replacing long-term serving President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan increases. In that sense, Ankara mayor Mansur Yavaş’s name recently
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