What’s Behind the Gulf’s Support For Erdoğan?
“At a time when the UAE and Saudi Arabia adopt positions that are at odds with the policies of the United States, the region’s...
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Post-election Turkey: Deepening Problems, Widening Gaps
Already, there are signs that Turks, from all walks of life — especially those with little children — intend to seek opportunities...
‘If You Are Not its Citizen, Turkey Is a Paradise’
If in the course of three years—despite COVID restrictions—more than a quarter of a million of young people in the work force have left...
Erdoğan’s Victory is a ‘Happy Ending’ for Russia
‘So, the incumbent President Recep Erdoğan has won it. And Russians started, in a rush, to buy trips to Turkish resorts, reservations...
Hopes Slashed by Despair
Erdoğan’s voters don’t believe that they live in a dictatorship. They believe that what they have now, because of Erdoğan, is a...
Erdoğan Secures His Throne With a Powerful ‘Adhesive’
In his divided country, the strongest “adhesive” is extreme nationalism. So, Erdoğan has every reason to continue suppressing domestic...
Four Reasons The Opposition Overestimated its Chances
The key issue is that Erdoğan controlled nearly every aspect of how the election was contested, and that is the main explanation for why...
Women and LGBTQ+ People Will Pay the Price for Erdoğan’s Win
For civil society and rights defenders, five more years of the Turkish president and his radical backers are a daunting prospect. On...
Why Erdoğan Won
The wrong candidate ran a poor campaign in Turkey’s presidential elections. Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s loss against incumbent President...
Erdoğan’s Marriage of Religion and Nationalism
“On the anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest, the Turkish president’s successful fusion of the secular and the divine may be his...