Ruling party rebel Babacan could end Erdoğan’s government
Source:Ahval News Date:01Dec2019
The website adminstrator doesn’t agree with Mr Babahan’s view of CHP, but the article is a good read anyhow: It is vital for conservatives, secular Alevis, Kurds and Turks who
Erdoğan’s calamitous Syrian blunder has finally broken his spell over Turkey
Source:The Guardian Date:16Oct2019
Simon Tisdall: As Erdoğan’s excesses and failures mount, loyalty to him is weakening. High-profile AKP defectors include not only Babacan and Davutoğlu, who plan new political parties, but
In Turkey, demography is a brake on Islamisation
Source:the Economist Date:02Jul2019
The Economist article verifes numerous research on declicing religiousity in Turkey. It also explains why AKP’s share of the youth vote may have dropped to as low as 20%. Efforts to
Postcards from Turkey’s election
Date:26Mar2019
Two articles, one from the Independent, the other from the Atlantic explain the surreal campaign and rising poverty in Turkey at the eve of a municipal election the AKP-MHP alliance turned into a
As economy sours, Erdogan’s party could lose grip on big cities in local polls
Source:Reuters Date:17Jan2019
Two party sources told Reuters that two of its internal polls showed support for the AKP had fallen to 32-35 percent, before accounting for the 30 percent of voters still undecided. In 2014 local
AKP voters increasingly unhappy with Turkish economy
Source:Ahval News Date:16Jan2019
Even supporters of the AKP and its far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) allies are unhappy with the economic outlook ahead of local elections on March 31. Pollster Istanbul Ekonomi
AKP to suffer greatest loss in Turkey’s 2019 local elections, says pollster
Source:Ahval News Date:21Oct2018
Turkey’s leading Justice and Development Party (AKP) will continue to lose voters to ally far-right nationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the main opposition Republican People’s Party
Turkey’s New Regime And Its Neoliberal Foundations
Source:Social Europe Date:27Jul2018
The economy is overheated; it’s no longer possible to sustain growth through credit pumping. It seems the Turkish economy is on verge of another crisis. Hence, once praised as a model to other
Turkey’s Revolution Continues
Source:New York Times Date:29Jun2018
Mustafa Akyol’s analysis of Turkey’s Islamists is controversial, but thought-inspiring: This sense of world historical importance distorts how conservatives are able to see the
Three Scenarios for Turkey’s Elections
Source:Carnegie Europe Date:07Jun2018
Overall, from a foreign observer’s standpoint, Turkey’s forthcoming elections may be biased in favor of the ruling parties. But for the first time in a long while, opposition parties have a shot