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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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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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2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: 46 DAYS LEFT
Introduction In Türkiye (Turkey), presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 14, 2023. So, this means only 46 days left for the country to choose its new President and form a new parliament.
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TÜRKİYE WILL HOLD ITS PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON MAY 14, 2023
Introduction Now the date is set; Türkiye (Turkey) will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, 2023. As a country that has always been struggling to embrace full democracy in the last
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CRACK IN THE OPPOSITION MIGHT SECURE ANOTHER EASY VICTORY FOR ERDOĞAN IN TURKIYE
Introduction Türkiye (Turkey) is heading towards presidential and parliamentary elections on the 100th year anniversary of the foundation of the Republic with a lot of question marks. In this piece, I am going to
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MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN TÜRKİYE AND SYRIA
On February 6, 2023, in the very early morning, around 04:17 by the local time, a terrible earthquake hit southeast Türkiye (Turkey) and northwest Syria. Called as 2023 Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş earthquakes by the Turkish media
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UPA YAZARLARINDAN YENİ ULUSLARARASI KİTAP-İÇİ BÖLÜM: “TURKEY’S CYBER SECURITY POLICIES”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü ve İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi (İngilizce) bölüm başkanı Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci ile UPA Koordinatörü ve Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi öğretim üyesi Dr.
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