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THE ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A REALITY CHECK
The Istanbul elections saga is finished with the rather anticipated Ekrem İmamoğlu victory over AKP’s candidate, Binali Yildırım. This result adds another important parameter in Turkey’s hazy domestic politics, as President Erdoğan is called
Read More »TURKEY’S 2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS: AK PARTI LOST THREE BIG CITIES
Turkey’s 2019 local elections took place on March 31, 2019 Sunday in a relatively peaceful atmosphere. Except for deadly local feuds in Malatya[1] and Gaziantep[2], no serious clashes happened and elections were organized in
Read More »TURKEY’S 2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS: LATEST POLLS AND PREDICTIONS
Turkey’s local elections will take place on March 31, 2019 in 81 Turkish cities (30 of them are metropolitan cities). Turkey’s long time ruling Islamic-oriented party Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) decided to
Read More »INTERVIEW WITH JOSHUA WALKER ON CURRENT STATE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Joshua Walker is the Global Head of Strategic Initiatives at Eurasia Group and a non-resident Transatlantic Fellow for German Marshall Fund.[1] He is an expert on US Foreign and Security Policy, Turkish Politics, Japanese
Read More »INAUGURATION OF TANAP: GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF “ENERGY SILK ROAD”
As an independent nation, Azerbaijan has initiated a number of international projects. TANAP is the one that stands out because prior to that project all eyes were on a project called “NABUCCO”. However, it
Read More »NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY UPA CONTRIBUTOR FADI ELHUSSEINI
UPA contributor Fadi Elhusseini’s new book The Arab Spring: Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy is published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The Arab Spring: Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy The book
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