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ERDOĞAN’S DECISIVE VICTORY
No surprise took place in Turkish elections. Turkey’s undisputed leader Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won another election with 52.59 % of the votes (more than 26 million votes) in the Presidential race. Pro-secular Republican People’s
Read More »TURKEY’S 2018 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ERDOGAN VS. MUHARREM INCE
Turkey will have its joint parliamentary and Presidential (first round) elections on June 24, 2018. The second round of Presidential election will take place -if necessary- on July 8, 2018. Candidates of major political
Read More »EARLY ELECTIONS IN TURKEY
Turkey will have its joint Presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018. The decision was declared by Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after a meeting with Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Mr.
Read More »EARLY COMMENTS FOR TURKEY’S 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Turkey will have its first joint parliamentary and Presidential election on November 3, 2019 following the local election on March 24, 2019. Although it is still too early to comment on these elections, I
Read More »EXPLAINING THE RISE OF ERDOGAN AND ISLAMIC TURKEY FROM HUNTINGTON’S PERSPECTIVE
Introduction Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008)[1] was a prominent American political scientist and academic. Huntington spent more than half a century at Harvard University and worked as the White House Coordinator of Security Planning for
Read More »YRD. DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ KİTAP: “TURKEY AND THE WORLD”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü ve Beykent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi (İngilizce) bölümü öğretim üyesi Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci’nin Türkiye politikası, Türk Dış Politikası ve dünya siyaseti üzerine İngilizce makalelerinin
Read More »PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM APPROVED IN TURKEY
Turkish people voted slightly (% 51,41 “yes” votes against % 48,59 “no” votes) in favor of the constitutional changes proposed by the governing Islamist Justice and Development Party (JDP-AKP) and Turkish nationalist Nationalist Action
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