Biography
Kerim Balci is a Turkish writer, journalist and academic. He is recently the editor in chief of Turkish Review, a bimonthly journal. Balci was a frequent columnist in Today’s Zaman and Zaman dailies before they were closed down by the Turkish government.
Balci is currently a PhD candidate at the Durham University of the UK on linguistic philosophy.
He regularly contributes to Turkey Institute.
Professor Ihsan Yilmaz has presented (via Skype) a co-authored paper at a roundtable discussion organised by The Turkey Institute (London) on “Attempts to legitimise...
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The results of the rerun of the Istanbul mayoral vote surpassed the expectations of the most opposition friendly forecasts. Almost all of the public...
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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...
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When Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) decided to go for a snap election, its main fear was an emerging public tendency to vote...
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Turkish citizens voted in a national referendum in April 2017 to change their system of governance into an executive presidential one, effectively ending the...
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When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak flew to Taba to seal a final and everlasting deal with the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Israel’s experienced...
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A Week of Turkey with Kerim Balci – 26 February 2018
A Week of Turkey with Kerim Balci – 12 February 2018
According to numbers from the Turkish Army General Staff, 8,651 military personnel took part in the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. According to Turkey’s...
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Talk on Turkey with Kerim Balci: Presidential Referendum
Imamoglu’s victory is shifting the dichotomic paradigms of Turkish politics