Who Cannot Become the President?
In addition to having the power to influence the other elections, the president-elect who emerges from the presidential election, as the first president to have been elected by popular vote, will have to be a different kind of president.
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The Opposition's Pursuit of a Unity Candidate for the Presidential Election
The opposition's pursuit of a unity candidate, already plagued with a number of practical problems, also goes against the nature of democratic politics by alienating the AK Party and promoting further polarization in Turkish politics.
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Shall we all be grateful to the so-called "White Turks" for making lucrative gains over the course of Turkey's global economic integration and paying considerable amounts of tax to the state in return?
Ever since the general elections of June 12, 2011, even without knowing how exactly events would unfold, it was not difficult to see that 2014 stood to become a very difficult political long year.
Turkey is faced with a public diplomacy problem which it has never faced before in all of its history: A diasporic opposition that is hierarchically organized and ruled from the USA.
Is the approval of the regional autonomy really the case when the 2014 elections are considered? What do the 2014 elections tell us about the future of the peace process?
Toward a Political Solution In Syria
It may be too late for this to succeed, but there does not seem to be a better option unless, of course, the international community is prepared to let the Syrian opposition fail.
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Turkey and the US: Facts and Perceptions
In contrast, analyses on Turkish-American relations keep an eye on concrete policies - which results in a highly visible discrepancy between the two views.
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A critical political juncture in the wake of presidential and general elections will be held within less than a year.
The Ak Party which integrated a discourse of civilization with Erdoğan's leadership, has the courage to confront all fears of the history of Turkish modernization.
As PM Erdoğan emerged as a front runner in the upcoming presidential race in August 2014, opposition parties continue to resist any meaningful debate about the country's political system.
The statement that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made last week can be a first step in such a transformation in the conflict between two nations over the 1915 events.
