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LEGAL DISPUTES CREATE UNCERTAINTY FOR TÜRKİYE’S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY
Türkiye’s main opposition party, the pro-secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), is currently the leading political party in the country according to all polls.[1] The party delivered an impressive and unexpected performance in the 2024
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR MARK MEIROWITZ: 2025 ISRAEL-IRAN WAR AND TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Mark Meirowitz is a Full Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College in New York. He is also a lawyer. He received his PhD in Political Science from Fordham University
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR HERBERT REGINBOGIN: QUO VADIS AMERICA?
Herbert Reginbogin is a professor at the Catholic University of America, Institute for Public Policy, researching new security architecture and American Foreign Policy. For over three decades, Professor Reginbogin has been involved in transatlantic
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UPA YAZARI DOÇ. DR. OĞUZHAN GÖKSEL’DEN YENİ MAKALE: “RISE AND FALL OF THE ‘GUARDIANS OF THE STATE’? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COUP CULTURE IN ARGENTINA, TURKEY AND THAILAND”
Marmara Üniversitesi öğretim üyesi ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) yazarı Doç. Dr. Oğuzhan Göksel’in Natavan Hüseynova ile birlikte yazdığı “Rise and Fall of the ‘Guardians of the State’? A Comparative Study of Coup Culture
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ÖZGÜR ÖZEL RE-ELECTED AS CHP CHAIRMAN
The pro-secular Republican People’s Party (CHP), Türkiye’s main opposition party and the most substantial political entity according to the results of the 2024 local elections, held an extraordinary congress the previous day (April 6,
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NERVOUS AND POLARIZED RAMADAN FEAST THIS YEAR IN TÜRKİYE
Religious holidays in Türkiye (Turkey) are traditionally known as a time when resentments are reconciled and arguments are settled. However, as a result of this year’s unexpected developments, Ramadan 2025 is taking place in
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ISTANBUL MAYOR EKREM İMAMOĞLU IS ARRESTED
Istanbul’s popular Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu (1971-), who is widely seen by the opposition voters as Türkiye’s next President, was arrested on March 23, 2025, on the day his party held a primary election to
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ISTANBUL MAYOR EKREM İMAMOĞLU IS DETAINED
Istanbul’s popular Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu (1971-), who is widely regarded as the country’s next President in the potential post-Erdoğan process in the coming years, was detained yesterday with corruption charges and allegations of links
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IMPRISONED PKK LEADER ABDULLAH ÖCALAN’S HISTORIC CALL FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Introduction On February 27, 2025, imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan made a historic call to his organization’s members for the dissolution of the outlawed political organization. Öcalan, who has been serving his sentence (lifetime
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POLITICAL POLARIZATION IN TÜRKİYE RISES WITH NEW ARRESTS TOWARDS THE OPPOSITION
Introduction Political polarization in Türkiye has begun to rise once again with new arrests and investigations towards some key figures from the country’s pro-secular opposition. While the voices of the opposition in the country
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