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Ahead of the 2014 local elections, the main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), developed an aggressive...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The March 2014 local elections in Turkey did not drastically alter electoral balances in Turkey. The AK Party maintained...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Like all long political years, the year 2014 did not begin on January 1st; rather, 2014 politically began at the end of...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
As the Arab Spring unfolds, a new power configuration is emerging in the Middle East. Turkey is at the center of the new...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
One of the fiercest electoral battles fought in the Turkish political history, the March 30, 2014 local elections yielded...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The context of and the meaning conferred upon the local elections led it to be fought in a referandum-like atmosphere....
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Change is a central concept in Turkish and global politics. It forms the basis of liberal ideology, alongside freedom,...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
During the first years of its tenure in office, as the AK Party focused on consolidating its position domestically,...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Turkey’s presidential election in August 2014 introduced the direct election of the president, ushering in a new era of...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Democracy, Islam and Secularism in Turkey, edited by Ahmet Kuru and Alfred Stepan, decribes the so-called “Turkish model”...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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