Why Erdoğan Is Poised to Win Runoff
The real lesson to be learned from this recent electoral success is to recognize that, in an era of authoritarian consolidation around the...
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Voting Trends in Turkey’s Earthquake Zone
Many critics and opposition supporters believed the government’s post-quake performance, combined with a snowballing economic crisis,...
Elon Musk’s Risky Game With Erdoğan
Erdoğan is widely expected to win the runoff election on May 28, and his victory would continue the sharp democratic backslide that has...
Turkish Fascism
A close look reveals an all-encompassing fascist politics that is based on hostility to migrants and refugees, which has been added to the...
Set to Win the Run-off, Erdoğan Will Have Crushed All But One Opponent
Erdoğan may have destroyed the dream of a democratic future, but his real opponent is just around the corner: the spectre of economic...
The Re-election of Erdoğan as a Boomerang Effect
“Erdoğan is not judged by or valued for his performance, but as the chosen leader of a group. This explains the support he enjoys. His...
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...
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...
Views on the Turkish Election: Gingeras, Aktar, Makovsky, Rubin
Assessing the pros and cons of Turkey’s upcoming elections and predicting their outcome remains an arduous task till the very end. What...
‘I Expect Another Erdoğan Victory, But…’ – Marco Ansaldo
Marco Ansaldo is an expert on Turkey, the Kurdish question, Northern Iraq, Cyprus, the Middle East and the Vatican. A scientific adviser to...