President Tayyip Erdogan and his party suffered their biggest electoral blow in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force.
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Even if Erdogan loses the upcoming presidential election, serious questions remain about how much the country would change.
Politicians will be wondering if the lessons from Turkey’s 1999 earthquake have been learned.
Why did negotiations between the Turkish state and the Kurds, aimed at mitigating ethnic conflict and bringing about peace, fail in Turkey?
US sanctions announced earlier this month may have triggered the plunge in the lira, but the government has been mismanaging Turkey’s economy for years, creating severe vulnerabilities.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has headed off a political humiliation, but making good on his extravagant promises won’t be easy.
The leaders of Turkey and India have plenty in common.
This referendum is the first time in the democratic history of Turkey that an election has been seen as illegitimate by not only domestic contenders, but by international observers as well.
Experts agree that Turkey is even further polarised after contested unofficial results show President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has won the right to expand his powers.
Does the Turkish government have ulterior motives in its attempt to make Istanbul a global financial centre?
The divisive tactics that put Turkey’s president in control could yet be his undoing.
It may sound farfetched that a scholar living in Pennsylvania planned the overthrow of the Turkish government. But Turkey is demanding the U.S. extradite the Hizmet leader.
A professor at Ohio State surveyed Turkish citizens about their views on democracy. What he learned helps explain the current crisis in the EU wannabe.
At an incredibly sensitive moment, the world’s leaders are gathering in an incredibly sensitive country.
After being humiliated at a summer election, Turkey’s ruling party set about winning over the population with fear. It seems to have worked.
Only radical change can prevent civil war in a country fractured by the actions of its own government.
Beleaguered president may about to receive an unequivical message from voters.
Turkey’s political factions, hardly friends at the best of times, are more divided and mutually suspicious than ever.
Whatever the pretext, Turkey’s latest push against the Kurds will do nobody any favours.
The June 7 elections were no doubt one of the most critical in modern Turkish history.
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Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
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