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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
Read More »CANDIDATES FOR THE 2024 ISTANBUL LOCAL ELECTION ARE SET: EKREM İMAMOĞLU VS. MURAT KURUM
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
Read More »GROWING POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN TÜRKİYE AFTER THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES
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
Read More »INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIA EXPERT DR. JAKUB KOREJBA
Dr. Jakub Korejba graduated from Warsaw University’s Institute of International Relations in 2009. During his master studies, he did a one-year internship in Lyon, France in Sciences Po Lyon, and one-semester internships in St.
Read More »DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ MAKALE: “LIBERAL CRITICISM OF ERDOGAN’S TURKEY”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci’nin “Liberal Criticism of Erdogan’s Turkey” adlı makalesi, Scottish Journal of Arts, Social Sciences and Scientific Studies (SJASS) dergisinin Nisan 2015 tarihli 25. cildinin 2. sayısında yayınlandı.
Read More »TURKEY TOWARDS COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM?
“Competitive authoritarianism” is a new concept in Comparative Politics created by Professor Steven Levitsky from Harvard University.[1] Levitsky, together with Lucan Way wrote the book Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War[2] in
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