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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKISH POLITICS (OCTOBER 2024)
Following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s reelection in 2023, Turkish political life was expected to be stable. However, upon the extraordinary success of the main opposition party -pro-secular and pro-EU- CHP (Republican People’s Party) in
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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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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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2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: ERDOĞAN CLINCHES VICTORY WITH 52 % OF THE VOTES
Introduction Turkish people went to ballots for the second round of the presidential election on May 28, 2023. The election took place in a peaceful atmosphere and in that sense it was a free
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CHP’S ELECTORAL PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST YEARS
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: ERDOĞAN VICTORY IS EXPECTED IN THE SECOND ROUND
Introduction Turkish people went to ballot boxes yesterday during a sunny Sunday on May 14, 2023 to determine the future of the country in a democratic way. Elections took place in a calm and
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