Political Parties' Election Agendas
Although parties have not yet started to announce their campaigns for the upcoming Nov. 1 elections, political backgrounds, promises and attitudes on PKK terror will be the key factors headlining their agenda.
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The Meaning of Discourse on the AK Party and Others
The integrative modernization understanding of the AK Party comprising different races, cultures and social structures, unlike the opposition parties, makes the party the main actor in Turkish politics.
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The re-composition of governing boards at the AK Party ordinary congress on Sept. 12 and candidate lists for the parliamentary elections on Nov. 1 were received positively as attempts to mobilize the potential electorate with the insertion of more, rather than less, "Erdoğan effect" through known political faces from his entourage.
The AK Party derived its power from three main sources: First, a discourse of civilization allowed the movement to incorporate various political ideologies into its own platform
The rising tide of PKK violence and the Cizre episode leaves ordinary citizens questioning what the Kurdish community wants.
After realizing that joining the anti-Erdoğan bloc with opposition parties would legitimize its presence, the PKK, by doing so, created itself a very large and comfortable zone to easily terrorize
An Open Letter to the Opposition
The PKK's presence isn't derived from political conflicts with governments but their deep hatred for the state itself.
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AK Party Challenges Kurdish Nationalists
While being politically restricted by the PKK's ending the cease-fire to cancel the reconciliation process, the HDP, again because of the terrorist organization, is losing those who voted for them in hopes of peace.
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The political change paradigm led by the AK Party has freed the country from the tutelage of Republican elites, expanding and normalizing the political arena.
Erdogan's role in Turkey is crucial as civil wars and terrorist networks wreak havoc along its borders.
The revolt of Tuğrul Türkeş, a member of the MHP and son of the legendary founder of the party, Alparslan Türkeş, against MHP leader Bahçeli, by accepting PM Davutoğlu's offer to join the caretaker government despite Bahçeli's harsh opposition, is a hope for the members who have long been unhappy with their leader's politics.
Voting behavior in the upcoming Nov. 1 elections will be determined by both the parties' campaigns on the economy and the opposition parties' failure to form a coalition government.
