What is Erdoğan's Syria discourse saying?
President Erdoğan's agenda reflects a mixture of integration and repatriation of refugees in Turkey against the xenophobic discourse proposed and promoted by opposition voices
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Ideological fight on refugees and their return
'The opposition has a democratic right to criticize the Turkish government’s refugee policy. That right, however, should be exercised without poisoning the country’s democratic culture'
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Certain actors in the Turkish opposition lacking the courage to defend their past policies is another indicator of how confused the bloc is
It has become increasingly clear what the opposition’s 'table for six' will look like as the 2023 election approaches. In recent weeks, the Felicity Party (SP) had proposed an 'alliance within the alliance' and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has presented eight different scenarios.
The opposition could contribute to the long-term rationalization of the alliance system by creating a program and identifying one or more candidate(s) that could take Turkey beyond the 2023 election with an eye on the balance between foreign policy, domestic politics and the economy.
The Turkish government's new diplomatic initiative with its regional and global partners is based on logic, while the opposition still has no idea why it rejects the process
The dilemmas in Turkish opposition bloc's roundtable
The oligarchical plan proposed by the 6 +1 opposition parties can never be embraced by the Turkish electorate
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‘What a table it was indeed’
Recent gatherings around two tables, one in Ankara and the other in Moscow, bring to mind a line from a famous Turkish poem: 'What a table it was indeed'
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Turkey’s main opposition leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, continues to demand an early election.
The main opposition leader keeps making mistake after mistake, miscalculation after miscalculation
The main opposition leader is attempting to make intra-party and alliance changes. However, it seems he will need more than just that
The conservative opposition party is on the brink of a major political choice. Either way, it will impact both the party and the upcoming 2023 elections as well
CHP’s most recent actions regarding national security and sovereignty fuel mounting criticism.
With Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's recent moves, the IP's agenda to become Turkey’s top center-right party is unlikely to be achieved
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Good Party (IP) recently signaled that they could walk back on their rapprochement with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
The year 2023 has symbolic significance for the people of Turkey. The most crucial questions are where have we reached after 100 years and what the next century holds for us.
Does the opposition, which eagerly blames economic challenges on the presidential system, have a common policy that goes beyond unveiling a handful of shared principles?
By all indications, 2022 will be a year full of intense arguments and discussions.
Opposition parties know no bounds in trying to 'get rid of Erdoğan' even if it means increasing tension and polarization
CHP and the IP may face two problems at once. Failure to talk about autonomy or native-language education would get them stuck between Erdoğan’s Diyarbakır address and the HDP’s demands. Discussing the problems with the reconciliation process would put the CHP and the IP, not the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), in a difficult position.
Normalization is not an emotional decision to “get along with everyone.” Nor does it occur at one side’s request. It goes without saying that all states revisit their policy choices with an eye on emerging geopolitical trends. They make calculations and make new choices if necessary. That, too, is the driving force behind the pursuit of normalization by regional powers, including Turkey.
