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
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
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
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
Ten days before the critical elections, current state of politics has been shifting rapidly. More precisely, it is shifting to the direction of opposition wing, while it is almost concrete in the ruling wing. For example, while President Tayyip Erdoğan is still giving speeches lasting no less than an hour about how many roads and
The politically impartial Better Justice Association (BJA), of which I am the Chairman, released a call to action on the 14th of May 2023 addressing the presidential candidates and political party leaders. It asks them to pledge to tackle judicial reform, which is the root cause of all Turkey’s issues, as their priority upon assuming
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) had “neutralized” ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Quraishi. Erdoğan announced on live TV on April 30 that MIT neutralized Quraishi, whom had been “followed for a long time,” in an operation in Syria on April 29. The expression “neutralized” usually means “killed” by Turkish security
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended videoconference for Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant inauguration ceremony on April 27, after falling ill during a television interview on April 27 and cancelled his election programs, which prompted allegations that he had serious health issues. Ankara on April 27 responded rumors over Erdoğan’s health issues especially the one alleged that
There has been a remarkable change in the assessments of foreign diplomatic missions in Ankara in the last month, regarding the result of the May 14 elections in Türkiye. Until recently, there was little doubt in the assessments of countries and international organizations that President Tayyip Erdoğan would make a last-ditch push and win the