Turkish Domestic Politics: Analysis and forecast on all relevant developments and insight about Turkish politics with its repercussions in its neighboring countries
Türkiye is once again going to the polls on May 28 to elect its 13th president in the run-off elections amid the devastating effects of two major earthquakes, an economic crisis, increasing political polarization, and ballot-box security concerns. Some 64 million voters cast their ballots to choose between two candidates: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and
Two days before the critical run-off for the presidential elections in Türkiye, things got quite odd in the country. Two candidates of the second round of the elections, Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and six party opposition alliance’s candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were on screens one day apart on May 24
As Türkiye is set to hold the run-off presidential elections on May 28, the two runner-up camps of President Tayyip Erdoğan and CHP Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu have further harshened their rhetoric towards nationalism. Erdoğan for example, escalated his accusations against Kılıçdaroğlu arguing that he has the support of the outlawed PKK. He even admitted on
One week to the critical second round of the Turkish presidential elections to be held on May 28, the third runner up Sinan Oğan has become the favorite subject of the commentators with his 5 percent votes. Following a series of meetings and statements, he said he will announce his endorsement for the runoff election
Turkish people cast their ballot to determine their future president and the parliamentary members on May 14 at a head to head race between election alliances which is considered to be the biggest challenge of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his 21 years of rule with the Justice and Development Party (AKP). The preliminary results
Smiling faces in the central Tandoğan square of the capital Ankara, as almost every each of them whom I ask if they would like to comment on elections say “everything will be beautiful,” with a full confidence that the opposition’s presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will win the critical race to be held tomorrow, on May
As Türkiye set to hold critical presidential and parliamentary elections in less than three days, Homeland Party (Memleket Partisi) leader and independent presidential candidate Muharrem İnce has announced that he is withdrawing from the election race, pushing the ballot balance towards CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s favor. “I offered a third alternative to Türkiye. I tried
With just three days until the critical Parliamentary and presidential elections that might have influence on the political trajectory of not just in Türkiye but in the globe, the uncertainty prevails. The most recent polls put opposition’s presidential candidate and Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ahead of President Tayyip Erdoğan, with a higher
As Türkiye is set to hold its critical election on May 14, the opposition “Nation Alliance” presidential candidate and main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu held one of the most important rallies of his election campaign on May 6 in İstanbul, Maltepe along with the other five opposition leaders and the Ankara and İstanbul mayors