Posts Tagged: Turkey elections
This Week’s Election Is a Milestone Moment for Turkey
The Turkish presidential and parliamentary election of May 14 is of cardinal significance for the future of the country. President’s Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration has been...
Turkey’s 2023 Elections: The Beginning of the Post-Erdogan Era?
On May 14, 2023, general and presidential elections will be held in Turkey. The elections were brought forward by a month to avoid the pilgrimage...
Turkey’s Erdogan Could Be in Serious Trouble
The Turkish Islamists’ first experience of long-term governance, now in its 19th year, has turned the country into a caricature. With annual inflation and interest rates...
Erdogan Suffers Major Setbacks in Local Elections in Turkey’s Big Cities
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered stunning setbacks in local elections as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first...
What Turkey’s New Islamist-Nationalist Alliance Means for the World
Four decades after they emerged as marginal parties in the 1970s, Turkey’s militant Islamists and ultra-nationalists won a combined 53.6% of the national vote and...
Erdogan Faces Major Test as Turks Vote for President, Parliament
Turks voted on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest ballot box challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since...
Could Sunday’s Election in Turkey Be Its Last?
JNS.org - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s suffocating hold on power in Turkey, and the deterioration of the country’s democracy and Islamist-based foreign relations, is...
Turkey’s Erdogan, Presidential Rival Both Vow to Send Syrians Home
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in Sunday's presidential election have both pledged to send millions of Syrian refugees home, responding to growing...
Turkey’s Erdogan Says May Seek Coalition If AKP Fails to Get Majority
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his ruling AK Party could seek to form a coalition if it fails to secure a parliamentary majority in...
Jailed Kurdish Leader May Hold Key in Turkish Elections
The outcome of Turkey's elections on Sunday could depend on a jailed presidential candidate's sway over voters more than 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) away in...
Turkey Holds ‘Elections’ Again
On June 24, Turkey will hold its sixth election in four years. The Turks will choose between augmenting what is practically one-man rule based on...
Turkey’s Ruling Party Taunts Opposition Over Early Election
Turkey's ruling AK Party taunted the main opposition party on Thursday to name a candidate to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdogan for June elections which are...
Erdogan Wins Decisive Victory in Turkish Parliamentary Election
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a decisive victory in the Turkish parliamentary election, with his Justice and Development Party (AKP) winning a majority...
Will Erdogan’s Election Setback Mean Improved Relations With Israel?
JNS.org - A political upheaval is seemingly underway in Turkey, as the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan experienced a significant setback in the country’s June...
