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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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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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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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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
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COULD TURKISH ELECTIONS BE POSTPONED?
Introduction Türkiye (Turkey) as a nation has been suffering since 6 February 2023, when two devastating earthquakes hit the country’s southeastern cities. Centered in Kahramanmaraş, the disasters demolished 10 Turkish cities including Kahramanmaraş, Hatay
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TURKISH POLITICS: PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN NEEDS A MIRACLE THIS TIME TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION
Introduction Turkish people are passing through a rather difficult time these days due to disasters, economic problems, and unending political problems and disputes. The hottest problematic issue on the agenda is wildfires taking place
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A RECIPE FOR NORMALIZATION IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
The Republic of Turkey is heading towards its 100th anniversary. According to normal schedule, Turkey’s 100th anniversary will coincide with the country’s next presidential election. Before the election, both the government coalition (AK Parti
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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS DURING BIDEN ERA?
Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is elected 46th President of the United States. Biden will start his tenure in office in January 2021. Joe Biden recently began to announce
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37TH CONGRESS OF TURKEY’S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY CHP
Introduction Turkey’s main opposition party, pro-European Union and social democratic CHP (Republican People’s Party) organized its 37th congress last week-end in Ankara. While the party’s current and the 7th Chair[1] –since 2010– Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
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