The MHP Faces a Tough Call
If it becomes clear that the AK Party and the CHP will fail to form a coalition government, the MHP will be faced with a tough decision. The party will either stick to its guns or limit its criticism of the AK Party to negotiate the terms of coalition.
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Egypt two years after the coup
After two years of political suppression, nobody was surprised by the recent decisions of the military junta courts to sentence Morsi and other prominent members of his party to death. It was something that was to be expected by such a regime.
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Relations between Turkey and Russia have constantly been underemphasized and understudied since the end of the Cold War. Despite vibrant economic relations between the two countries and an increasing degree of social and cultural rapport via the constant movement of goods and services along the borders, the nature of relations between the two countries has not been very well discussed in academic and policy circles.
It has been almost a week since the elections in Turkey and there are still debates about possible scenarios in the next phase.
The Deputy Director of SETA, Muhittin Ataman, told France24 that the Peoples Democracy Party (HDP) should call the Kurdish armed groups to rid of weapons.
Since the AK Party has failed to secure majority in Parliament allowing the party to form a single-party government, various coalition scenarios are on the table now to determine Turkey's future politics.
Election Results: Toward an Early Election?
The coming two weeks will demonstrate the intricacies and difficulties of forming a coalition and the most likely scenario seems to be going to early elections in the next two months.
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Election panorama from Moscow
A new push in Turkey's democratization and development drive will await us on June 8 so that the accumulated legacy of the last decade is not wasted.
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There will be no major impact on the relations between Turkey and Europe because Turkey will still be a democratic country with a democratically elected leader.
Referring to the declared-illegal Gülen organization, SETA-İstanbul General Coordinator Fahrettin Altun asserts that the Illegal Structure muddies the political arena by manipulations.
In Turkey's political history, coalition governments have been marred by internal wrangling, turf wars, failures in governance, acute corruption and so forth.
The parliamentary system in Turkey did not isolate or end the antidemocratic means of intervention in democratic processes.
The Arab Spring represented the hope of democratization across the Middle East. Had the Tahrir revolution survived, the Muslim world could have had an entirely different future.
Political and bureaucratic actors should look for new ways to create synergies with think tanks, universities and civil intellectual initiatives such as the A20 to assure a better future for the "New Turkey in the New World."
This study offers a chronological account of the historical development of academic freedom in the world and in Turkey.
As the HDP lacks necessary experience to focus on religion and popular demands in their election campaigns, it is impossible for the Kurdish political movement to compete with the AK Party at the national level
When the political dust settles in Turkey following the June 7 elections, the attention of policy makers will have to refocus on the critical developments in Asia.
The government is doing its best to prevent unlawful efforts within the judiciary, yet the Gülen Movement seems interested in casting a shadow over the performance of Turkish democracy at the international level.
Thanks to the spread of social media and the excessive number of news outlets around the world, in the last few election campaigns, people around the world have started to become more familiar with the main debates in U.S. politics.
