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CHP’S ELECTORAL PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST YEARS

CHP’S ELECTORAL PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST YEARS

upa-admin Mayıs 25, 2023 0

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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2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: 46 DAYS LEFT

2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: 46 DAYS LEFT

upa-admin Mart 29, 2023 0

Introduction In Türkiye (Turkey), presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 14, 2023. So, this means only 46 days left for the country to choose its new President and form a new parliament.

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INTRODUCING KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU, THE OPPOSITION’S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

INTRODUCING KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU, THE OPPOSITION’S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

upa-admin Mart 15, 2023 0

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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COULD MUHARREM INCE START A NEW POLITICAL PARTY?

COULD MUHARREM INCE START A NEW POLITICAL PARTY?

upa-admin Ağustos 24, 2020 0

Muharrem İnce (1964-)[1] is an experienced Turkish politician who has been a pro-secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy (from Yalova) between 2002 and 2018, five times consecutively (2002, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2015). Due to

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GEORGE ORWELL’S ‘ANIMAL FARM’

GEORGE ORWELL’S ‘ANIMAL FARM’

upa-admin Ocak 29, 2017 0

Introduction George Orwell (1903-1950)[1] was a British writer who lived in the first half of 20th century and believed in socialist ideology. Orwell was later disappointed of the transformation of Soviet socialism into an authoritarian and

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MARTHA NUSSBAUM AND ARISTOTELIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

MARTHA NUSSBAUM AND ARISTOTELIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

upa-admin Ocak 27, 2017 0

Martha Nussbaum (1947-)[1] is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago.[2] She teaches Political Philosophy in the University of Chicago with

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DECAY OF THE WELFARE STATE

DECAY OF THE WELFARE STATE

upa-admin Ekim 13, 2013 0

Many analysts claim that in the last few years, the global capitalist system has been experiencing its worst crisis since the Great Depression of 1929. In fact, the causes of this crisis can be

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MODELL DEUTSCHLAND

MODELL DEUTSCHLAND

upa-admin Eylül 12, 2013 0

Following the years of the Second World War, Western Germany or Federal Germany adopted a unique economic model which was defined by Wolfgang Streeck as “neither laissez-faire nor étatiste and it is best described

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REPUBLICAN PEOPLE’S PARTY’S IDEOLOGICAL CRISIS

REPUBLICAN PEOPLE’S PARTY’S IDEOLOGICAL CRISIS

upa-admin Temmuz 5, 2012 0

After three consecutive defeats against ruling Justice and Development Party in 2002, 2007 and 2011, Turkey’s first political party Republican People’s Party is having difficult days while fluctuating between Kemalism and social democracy. Republican

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