Recent Commentary

• Imamoglu’s victory is shifting the dichotomic paradigms of Turkish politics

  
  Kerim Balci

  24 Jun 2019

  The results of the rerun of the Istanbul mayoral vote surpassed the expectations of the most opposition friendly forecasts. Almost all of the public...   Read More

• Religious background of AKP’s reluctance to accept defeat at elections

  
  Kerim Balci

  8 Apr 2019

  The reluctance of the AKP politicians in relinquishing the municipalities they have lost in last week’s local election is another way of telling the...   Read More

• Erdogan is at a crossroads

  
  Adem Yavuz Arslan

  4 Apr 2019

  When analyzing the March 31 local elections, we must do it under three headings. These are 1. How did Turkey go to elections? 2....   Read More