Turkey’s Election: Why the Experts Got it Wrong
Without taking stock, we can’t learn anything, and if we don’t learn from this episode, we are just people on Twitter with opinions....
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The Momentum Favors Erdoğan
A new coronation seems inevitable for Erdoğan on 28 May. At first glance, the score of the Turkish presidential election can be...
Sinan Oğan’s Moment
Ogan made his rounds with national and international media saying he has yet to decide whom to endorse. “We will continue our talks with...
Understanding Turkey’s Election Results
The May 28 runoff election is likely to favor the incumbent. There is little chance that he moderates his behavior. Though Erdogan now...
President Erdogan Will Win Again. The Fix Is In.
For much of the past two decades, Turkey analysts and apologists have tried to draw up analogies. Are the state of bilateral ties as bad as...
“Reflections on the Turkish Election” – Daron Acemoglu
“It turned out that many of us once again underestimated Erdoğan’s political skills and ability to read and control the...
The West Must Be Ready To Refute Erdoğan’s Election Demagoguery
The narrative emerging among the more nationalistic elements of Erdoğan’s cadre is that the West is interfering in elections. This...
‘Turkey’s Moral Crisis is the Catalyst of its Structural Problems’ – Samim Akgönül
Samim Akgönül, Ph.D. (2001), is a historian and political scientist, a Professor at the Institute of International Relations, and the...
This May Be Turkish Voters’ Last Stand for Freedom
Last Sunday, a week before the most hotly contested election in modern Turkish history, police stood by as fanatics supporting President...
Views on the Turkish Elections: Arısan-Eralp, Baydar, Erdoğan, Bacık
Assessing the pros and cons of Turkey’s upcoming elections and predicting their outcome remains an arduous task till the very end. What...