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CAN TÜRKİYE JOIN BRICS+?

CAN TÜRKİYE JOIN BRICS+?

upa-admin Mart 7, 2024 0

Introduction Having been pointed out as one of the 6 key “swing states” of the 21st century -together with Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa- by Cliff Kupchan[1], Türkiye is an important

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A GLIMPSE INTO 2024

A GLIMPSE INTO 2024

upa-admin Şubat 1, 2024 0

2023 Snapshot Similar to the preceding years, 2023 was characterized by heightened geopolitical instabilities, exacerbated by the war in Gaza. The growing adversarial nature and instability in the world order cast a shadow over

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CANDIDATES FOR THE 2024 ISTANBUL LOCAL ELECTION ARE SET: EKREM İMAMOĞLU VS. MURAT KURUM

CANDIDATES FOR THE 2024 ISTANBUL LOCAL ELECTION ARE SET: EKREM İMAMOĞLU VS. MURAT KURUM

upa-admin Ocak 8, 2024 0

Turkish President and AK Parti leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan finally announced his Islamist/conservative/nationalist bloc People’s Alliance’s (Cumhur İttifakı) candidate for the 2024 Istanbul local election that will take place on March 31, 2024. Erdoğan

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THE THREAT OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN ISTANBUL IS GROWING

THE THREAT OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN ISTANBUL IS GROWING

upa-admin Ocak 2, 2024 0

Introduction While Türkiye still trying to recover from the devastating twin earthquakes in February last year which caused the death of approximately 50,000 citizens and made 10 Anatolian cities almost fully collapse, experienced geologists

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BOOK LAUNCH TALK: 2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS IN ALL ASPECTS

BOOK LAUNCH TALK: 2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS IN ALL ASPECTS

upa-admin Ocak 2, 2024 0

Istanbul Aydın University Political Science and International Relations department staff and UPA-International Political Academy’s founder and General Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Ozan Örmeci participated in a live broadcast on December 28, 2023, about his newly

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TÜRKİYE IS HEADING TOWARD 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS

TÜRKİYE IS HEADING TOWARD 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS

upa-admin Kasım 28, 2023 0

After the decisive victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Islamist/nationalist bloc in Türkiye in the critical presidential and parliamentary elections in May 2023, for a few months, it seemed like politics stopped

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SECULAR OPPOSITION IS TOO WEAK IN TÜRKİYE 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE 2024 LOCAL ELECTİONS

SECULAR OPPOSITION IS TOO WEAK IN TÜRKİYE 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE 2024 LOCAL ELECTİONS

upa-admin Eylül 21, 2023 0

Introduction Türkiye is heading towards local elections set for March 31, 2024, approximately 6 months later. After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his conservative/nationalist bloc’s decisive victory in the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections,

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WHAT HAPPENS IN TÜRKİYE IN THE POST-ELECTION PROCESS?

WHAT HAPPENS IN TÜRKİYE IN THE POST-ELECTION PROCESS?

upa-admin Haziran 29, 2023 0

Introduction Turkish people decided on the future of their country by overwhelmingly choosing right-wing conservative/Islamist AK Parti’s chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 28, 2023, in the second round of the presidential election with

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HOW DOES WESTERN MEDIA SEE TURKISH ELECTIONS?

HOW DOES WESTERN MEDIA SEE TURKISH ELECTIONS?

upa-admin Nisan 26, 2023 0

Turkish elections on May 14, 2023 are expected to be the most contested race in Erdoğan’s 20-year rule as the country grapples with years of economic disorder and the fallout from a devastating earthquake.

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GROWING POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN TÜRKİYE AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES

GROWING POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN TÜRKİYE AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES

upa-admin Şubat 27, 2023 0

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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