MHP leader urges revising relations with Moscow
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:12Feb2020
AKP-MHP coalition in trouble or Bahceli just appeasing his electorate? Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Feb. 11 condemned an attack by the Syrian regime on Turkish
In Turkey, Erdogan Is Still Calling All the Shots
Source:Foreign Policy Date:29Apr2019
This is an article, with which I completely disagree. In my view it perpetues the defeatist view of an all powerful Erdogan holding his and the nation’s destiny in his hands, and his hands
In high-risk move, Erdogan calls for Istanbul election to be annulled
Source:The Arab Weekly Date:15Apr2019
AKP Deputy Chairman Ali Ihsan Yavuz called for new elections in Istanbul, which would probably take place in June, news reports said. The decision to schedule a new election rests with Turkey’s
The power struggle in Turkey is far from over
Source:Ahval News Date:12Mar2019
More voices are heard in pro-government media raising alarm on what they see as an “Eurasianist siege” of Erdogan and his palace. This is in reference to a large-scale, hard-line, partly
Ultra-nationalists shake Turkey’s Erdogan by calling off alliance
Source:Middle East Eye Date:24Oct2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Party were shaken on Tuesday after the sudden announcement that their ultra-nationalist coalition partners were calling off an electoral
The Myth of Erdogan’s Power
Source:Foreign Policy Date:01Sep2018
Note the key take-away: Key figures among Ankara’s elite, on whom Erdogan depends to exercise power, represent a political tradition that is deeply hostile to Moscow. These right-wing Turkish
‘Our bodies are Turkish, our souls Islamic!’ The rise of Turkey’s ultra-nationalists
Source:Middle East Eye Date:23Jul2018
They call themselves idealists. Turkey’s ultra-nationalists, who prefer the Turkish term Ulkucu, have been described in many ways: as hyper-modern politicians and as throwbacks, true
Get Ready for a More Aggressive Turkey
Source:Foreign Policy Date:04Jul2018
Turkey expert Sinan Ulgen illustrates the difficulties of Erdogna’s alliance with MHP and its leader Mr Bahceli: Turkish disengagement from the West is not a foregone conclusion. It
Why has Turkey started debating an early election?
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:18Apr2018
Up to today, whenever Bahçeli has made a call for an early election there has indeed been an early election in Turkey. There is only one exception: When Erdoğan agreed to legalize election