A night to remember: a new dawn for Istanbul (and Turkey)
What are the reasons behind this result, which marked the ruling AK party’s biggest defeat in almost 20 years?
Turkey
Progressive Pod on new challenges for progressives
A podcast interview with Laurent Berger, the new president of ETUC, after EU Elections, on the most pressing issues of our time and the future of trade unions.
2018
Turkey drifting away from Europe
The introduction of a undemocratic executive presidential system has been removed, suspension of Europe accession talks has become unavoidable.
What path for Erdoğan’s new Turkey? Economic challenges and the post-election power configuration
An increasingly important factor that would limit the new executive’s room for maneuver for translating the anti-Western words into deeds is the looming major economic crisis.
Reflections on the June 2018 Turkish Elections
Today, any analyses and futuristic foresights on Turkish politics must take into account a whole set of a) new political structures.
Conservative Turkey votes for one-man rule
The One-man rule and his governing (AKP) held the election under a state of emergency, allowing centrally-appointed governors to control opposition rallies.
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