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AN ANALYSIS OF 2024 TURKISH LOCAL ELECTIONS
Introduction Türkiye’s 2024 local elections created optimism within and outside of the country about the future of Turkish democracy. That is because the main opposition party, the pro-secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) with its
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YENİ KİTAP: 2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS IN ALL ASPECTS (TÜM YÖNLERİYLE 2023 TÜRKİYE SEÇİMLERİ)
İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (İngilizce) bölümü öğretim üyesi ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci’nin 2023 Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanlığı ve parlamento seçimlerini ve Türkiye siyasetinde son
Read More »NEW BOOK: 2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS IN ALL ASPECTS
Istanbul Aydın University Political Science and International Relations department staff and UPA-International Political Academy’s founder and General Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Ozan Örmeci published a new book entitled 2023 Turkish Elections in All Aspects from
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BOOK LAUNCH TALK: 2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS IN ALL ASPECTS
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
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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TÜRKİYE’S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY ELECTED A NEW CHAIR: ÖZGÜR ÖZEL BECAME THE 8TH LEADER OF CHP
Introduction During the 38th regular Congress of the party, Türkiye’s pro-secular founder party, the CHP (Republican People’s Party) elected a new chair: Özgür Özel. Young pharmacist (49) became the 8th leader of CHP after
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ERDOĞAN’S SUCCESSOR?
There is no denying that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dominated the political scene and the political life in the country in the last two decades. Erdoğan gained his first important success in
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SECULAR OPPOSITION IS TOO WEAK IN TÜRKİYE 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE 2024 LOCAL ELECTİONS
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?
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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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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