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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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INTERVIEW WITH DR. MATTHEW WEISS ON TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Dr. Ozan Örmeci made an interview with Dr. Matthew Weiss from the College of Southern Nevada on April 30, 2021 on recent developments about Turkish-American relations. You can watch this interview from the video
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TURKISH POLITICS: CURRENT SITUATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Similar to other countries, due to Covid-19 (coronavirus) crisis, party politics have been forgotten for a while in Turkey. However, because of the strong political polarization in the country, the latest voting rates of
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EARLY COMMENTS ON 2019 TURKISH LOCAL ELECTIONS
Turkey’s local elections will take place on March 31, 2019 in 81 Turkish cities (30 of them are metropolitan cities). Elections will serve as a test for assessing the popularity of long-time ruling Justice
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ERDOĞAN’S DECISIVE VICTORY
No surprise took place in Turkish elections. Turkey’s undisputed leader Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won another election with 52.59 % of the votes (more than 26 million votes) in the Presidential race. Pro-secular Republican People’s
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COULD MUHARREM INCE DEFEAT ERDOĞAN AND WIN TURKISH PRESIDENCY?
Turkey will have parliamentary and Presidential election on June 24, 2018. I already tried to analyze these elections in May; but since new developments have been taking place in Turkey, a new analysis is
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TURKEY’S 2018 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ERDOGAN VS. MUHARREM INCE
Turkey will have its joint parliamentary and Presidential (first round) elections on June 24, 2018. The second round of Presidential election will take place -if necessary- on July 8, 2018. Candidates of major political
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EARLY ELECTIONS IN TURKEY
Turkey will have its joint Presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018. The decision was declared by Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after a meeting with Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Mr.
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2019 WILL BE THE YEAR OF ELECTIONS IN TURKEY
Turkey has been ruled by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with an iron fist via the emergency rule since the failed coup attempt of July 15, 2016. During this time period, ten thousands of people
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