A New Era in Turkish Politics
Erdoğan's electoral victory will change the political system in Turkey, and potentially create a new dynamism in Turkish politics by creating two active executive bodies in the government.
More
What Is the Gülenist Parallel State?
The Gülenist parallel state began to operate with help from affiliated members of law enforcement, public prosecutors and judges, the covert organization gained access to all levels of government.
More
The Turkish electorate will vote for the president and the presidential system during the elections, but the aftermath of the elections will bring new debates regardless of who wins. There will also be debates regarding the functioning of the new system.
The rationale behind Turkey's policies reflecting its cultural capital, in turn, relates to the country's redefinition of its national interests, which manifest themselves in the form of Turkey's strong reactions against the military junta in Egypt and Israeli oppression in Gaza.
In the future, the 2014 presidential election in Turkey will serve as an oftencited example of the difference between political engineering and genuine politics.
It is becoming increasingly clear with every international crisis that the world order is moving towards a more balanced and multipolar structure in which a multiplicity of actors are holding numerous instruments of influence against each other.
An Operation Against the Gülen Movement
The hundreds of policemen who were arrested on July 22 tell a valuable story about the past six years: a story of how things can get out of hand when the police, prosecutors and judges join forces.
More
Does the Islamic World Really Exist?
What really is the so-called Islamic world? How accurate is it to describe a group of Muslim countries, incapable of taking charge of their future and resolving their own issues, as the Islamic world?
More
There is less than a month to go before Turkeys presidential elections but media is still not giving a clear view of vote
Democratization in Turkey has been a long and challenging process. Today, after decades of tutelage, Turkey is about to enter an irreversible path toward a more democratic country.
The normalising of Turkey-Israel relations since the establishment of Israel in the19th century has been strained by default.
Ahead of the presidential election in Turkey, candidates begin to challenge each other over foreign policy.
There are three presidential candidates, but actually only two of them are running and the other one keeps saying that "he will not be involved in politics."
Erdogan will run in Turkeys first direct presidential elections next month, but will he really unite the state and its people?
İhsanoğlu comes from a place in Turkish politics that neither MHP nor CHP voters can easily identify with.
Keeping all above-mentioned scenarios in mind, the only certain thing about the upcoming presidential election is that the main opposition CHP's decision to endorse a candidate with no ideological affinity to the party organization will result in a prolonged controversy.
