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JUDICIAL CRISIS IN TÜRKİYE
Although Türkiye successfully and peacefully organized presidential and parliamentary elections in May 2023 and the Turkish people decided to go on with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s rule and AK Parti’s lead in the parliament,
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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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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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DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ RAPOR: “2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: WHAT IS AT STAKE, AND WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS?”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü ve İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Başkanı Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, Slovakya merkezli düşünce kuruluşu Adapt Institute için 2023 Türkiye seçimlerini ve olası
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HOW DOES WESTERN MEDIA SEE TURKISH ELECTIONS?
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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