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NEW EDITED BOOK: TÜRKİYE-BRITAIN RELATIONS: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF AN INTERTWINED CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
Istanbul Kent University’s Political Science and Public Administration (English) department chair and International Political Academy (UPA) founder Prof. Ozan Örmeci, Marmara University staff and UPA expert Assoc. Prof. Oğuzhan Göksel, and Social Sciences University
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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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MAINSTREAM POLITICAL PARTIES’ PERSPECTIVE ON EUROPEAN UNION IN TÜRKİYE
The European Union (EU) is an issue that has triggered different reactions and perspectives among political parties in Türkiye (Turkey). Approaches towards the EU are based on political parties’ ideological differences, perceptions of national
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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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TÜRKİYE’S 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS: CHP BECAME THE LEADING PARTY
Turkish people went to ballots yesterday (31 March 2024) to set the municipal leaders of 30 metropolitan cities, 51 cities, and hundreds of districts/counties. As citizens of a country known for the highest election
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2028 SCENARIOS FOR TÜRKİYE
Türkiye will hold its local elections on March 31, 2024. The elections will be a battleground as usual between the right-wing Islamist and ultranationalist bloc led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Islamist/conservative AK Parti
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TÜRKİYE’S 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS: WHAT TO EXPECT?
Türkiye will have another democratic process on March 31, 2024. This time, Turkish people will go to the ballots to choose the mayors of 81 cities and 922 districts as well as members of
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2024 TURKISH LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE APPROACHING
Introduction After the presidential and parliamentary elections last May, Turkish people are ready to vote once again on March 31, 2024, for electing the municipal leaders (mayors) of 81 cities including 30 metropolitan cities
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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
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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
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