AK Party | Insight Turkey

Critical geopolitics, which is a relatively new field of study for scholars of international relations, seeks to...

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

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