Turkey, like many other countries, could adopt a presidential system of government without decentralizing the administrative system by introducing federalism.

The Asia Pacific still is in the periphery in both Trump and Clinton's major addresses to the U.S. public opinion

There will also be global repercussions after the election. Regardless of who is elected, the world will try to understand the foreign policy priorities of the new president.

This election is shaping and may continue to shape American prestige, standing and image around the world more than any other election before it.

The next U.S. administration will be a new reset, perhaps a new Cold War, that is not so much nuclear - despite Putin's threats - but rather is cyber and may be more about Syria

The election will be over in the next 45 days. However, it is not clear how long it will take the U.S. to rid itself of the impact of this election season.

The developments we are witnessing today posits that it is especially for the West that history is beginning again. The West's conventional order is disintegrating; it's political union is disbanding.

The race for the presidency in 2016 once more demonstrates this global dimension and the possible impacts of this election on the U.S.'s image and credibility. Since the beginning of the campaign, the world has closely watched the statements of presidential candidates in the primaries

One in the aftermath of the June 7, 2015 elections, there was talk of the AK Party getting divided and a fifth party finding a place for itself on the political stage. However, today, it is possible the MHP, CHP and HDP could spin off new parties

In the next six months this political tension can be elevated by the candidates and have serious societal repercussions, possibly leading to the emergence or empowerment of marginal and radical groups.

The proposals from the opposition parties rest on the premise that something extraordinary is happening in the country today. But their argument is fatally flawed because the AK Party can score more points off extraordinary circumstances than the opposition.

Merkel's gamble on the Turkey-EU deal resulted in Germany's diplomatic deadlock. From now on she will have to work hard to avoid losing Turkey's friendship

While conducting their campaigns, U.S. presidential candidates should not ignore that the upcoming elections in the world superpower has a global effect

The new Cabinet's main focus will be economic growth in both the short and long term. With President Erdoğan as catalyst, the renewed AK Party under the leadership of PM Yıldırım will shape the economic administration in a rational and pragmatic manner

A recent report by SETA puts forth a detailed profile of steeply rising Islamophobic incidents in 25 European countries as terrorism and Islamophobia trigger each other