Should Erdoğan be Desperate?
“Only this week, the President announced a 45 per cent pay raise for public workers. Not surprisingly, investors are skittish over a...
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Is Turkey’s Opposition Inching Closer to a Victory?
“All in all, this is an election of massive geopolitical significance. The result matters far beyond Turkey’s own borders. And if...
The Writing on the Wall
“Like the French walled city of Carcassonne when besieged, which threw food over the walls to show it could hold out, Turkey’s Central...
Three Expert Views on Turkish Elections: Insel, Bechev, Somer
Assessing the pros and cons of Turkey’s upcoming elections and predicting their outcome remains an arduous task till the very end....
“The Ruling Party Has Reached its Limits” – İhsan Dağı
Prof İhsan Dağı has been a faculty member at the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of International Relations since 2004. He...
How Erdoğan Could Try to Engineer a Win and Stay in Power
As Turkey prepares for its elections on May 14, analysts are expecting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his government to engage in...
How Many Years Will It Take for the Turkish Economy to Recover?
“If our problem was only to reduce inflation and recover the current account deficit, it would not be difficult for us to get out of...
‘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...
Whoever Wins, Turkey’s Economy Is Heading for a Crash
“An economic balloon filled with easy money is no different than a real one filled with helium: If you keep inflating it, it will...