Five Reasons Erdoğan Might Be Re-elected
“Erdoğan, personally, is compelled to win these elections. If he loses them, he would most certainly face the high criminal court to...
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‘Turkish society has become one that disrespects rules’ – Prof Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
In its centennial as a republic, Turkey faces a crucial election that brings a choice: a return to democracy, or a deepening autocracy. The...
Turbulence Ahead: Three Scenarios for Turkey’s Elections
“Turkish society has proven resilient in the face of creeping authoritarianisation in the 2010s. Yet that halfway state of affairs may...
Earthquake Rubble Signals a Massive Environmental Disaster
It has been two months since the earthquake described as the “disaster of the century” hit Turkey’s provinces in the southeast,...
Is an ‘Erdoğan Exit’ Possible Next Month?
‘Erdogan may win the presidency but lose his majority in the Grand National Assembly, Türkiye’s unicameral parliament. That...
Getting It Right
The wheel has come full circle. Now Turkey has the opportunity to redeem more than 20 years of AKP misrule. Three days after the Justice...
‘In Turkey, nationalism will become the mass ideology’ – Mümtaz’er Türköne to FTP
Turkey will go to the polls on 14 May. This election is a referendum that will decide Turkey’s future political system. Political...
Win or Lose: Turkish voters Are Torn Between Hope and Anxiety
“I worry about this certainty about change and its implications for Turkish society if Erdoğan is able to hold onto power. For many,...
The Turkish Referendum on Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recent earthquakes have raised the stakes of an already fraught election year for Turkey. Failure in the face of disaster and harsh...
Ian Bremmer: Erdogan’s Power “Has Never Been on Shakier Footing”
“Turkish President Erdoğan has never been faced with a tougher political challenge than Turkey’s May 14 presidential elections…”...