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Opposition’s Electoral Alliance Is Over, Nationalist Party Says
The "Nation Alliance" forged by four opposition parties to skirt the election threshold in order to enter Parliament is no longer in place, the spokesperson for the Nationalist Good (IYI)…
EU Faces Balancing Act in Dealing With Turkey After Erdogan’s Win
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s win in presidential election on Sunday would plunge the ties between Ankara and Brussels into an irreversible path, with Turkey’s decades-old aspiration to…
Turkey Election Reveals Resurgence of Nationalism as Driving Political Force
For many observers of the Turkish politics, Sunday's elections did not only mark a regime change, de jure establishment of one-man rule with bestowing sweeping powers at the office of…
Erdogan’s New Turkey: The Victory of Illiberal Democracy and One-Man Rule
Erdogan's win in the presidential vote marks the triumph of illiberal democracy and one-man rule. His vast powers with no effective check on the presidential office seals the end of judicial…
Hitman of State: Role of Universities in AKP’s War on Dissident Scholars
The collaboration of certain sectors of academia with the government, the deeply-rooted statist culture at public universities and neo-liberal restructuring of the academic labor market…
For Critics, Erdogan’s Electoral Win Signifies a Regime Change in Turkey
The presidential vote was a referendum on Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's lifelong bid to establish an executive presidency. Last year's referendum for a switch to the presidential…
Erdogan Cements One-Man Rule in Presidential Vote
Turkey has stood on the cusp of a regime change over the past two years. With a definitive victory in the first round of critical presidential vote on Sunday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Turkey’s Erdogan Wins Critical Presidential Vote in First Round
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sealed a decisive victory with more than 52 percent of the votes in the critical presidential elections in the first round and set to rule Turkey for five more…
Turkey’s Opposition Parties, Candidates Eye For Upset Victory in Polls
Turkey's opposition parties and presidential candidates appear hopeful for an upset victory to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party in the elections on Sunday as polls…
As Turkey Faces Economic Troubles, Syrian Refugees Are No Longer Welcome
With Turkey is heading for parliamentary and presidential elections, the issue of Syrian refugees has become a central topic of the political debate as opposition parties and presidential…