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TurkeyDemocracy and GovernanceDo Türkiye’s Municipal Elections Mark a Turning Point?
Apr 5, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesNine months after parliamentary and presidential elections which saw the coalition led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party…
- Policy Analysis
TurkeyRegional Relations and GeopoliticsTurkish-Gulf Relations in the Context of Regional Reconciliation
Feb 14, 2024Salim ÇevikSince 2021, Turkey has been resetting its policies in the Middle East and has started to reconcile with its rivals in the previous decade—Egypt, Israel, Saudi …
- Policy Analysis
Erdoǧan’s Calculations as the Israel-Gaza Conflict Escalates
Oct 25, 2023On October 20, during Friday prayers at the historic Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey's state-run religious affairs directorate, …
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TurkeyEnergy and EconomicsTurkey’s Ambitions in Iraq Play Out in Kirkuk
Oct 3, 2023Mustafa GurbuzIn late August, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani stirred the pot of existing tensions when he ordered the evacuation of the Iraqi military’s Joint…
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Erdoğan Seeks Better Relations with the West after His Reelection
Aug 7, 2023Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to have changed course on his country’s foreign relations. At the last NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, he final…
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The Erdoğan Doctrine in the Wake of Turkey’s Elections
Jun 22, 2023When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his new cabinet following his victory in the May 2023 presidential election, a positive mood ensued. Turk…
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Water Politics in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin
May 30, 2023While energy security and the control of oil have long been determining factors for geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, the region’s geopolitics have als…
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Turkish Elections in a Post-Truth Political Landscape
May 24, 2023The scene was all too familiar in the headquarters of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) on the day of the recent Turkish election. Giant portraits o…
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The Turkish Electoral Map after the First Round
May 22, 2023TheTurkish presidential and parliamentary elections recorded an unprecedented voter turnout. Despite the ruling coalition, led by the Justice and Development P…
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Turkey’s Upcoming Elections: A Country at a Crossroads
May 10, 2023On May 14, Turkey will be heading to the polls for what many have deemed the most important election of 2023. For the first time in two decades, President Rece…
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Turkish elections, Western illusions
May 9, 2023Turkey’s elections on May 14 are attracting significant international attention, with major media outlets dubbing them “the most important elections of 2023”. …
