Last Week in Turkey.13th of September: Current situation in TurkeyBefore the general election (that took place on 24th of June), the economy had been giving alarms for a while. President Erdogan did not…Sep 13, 2018Sep 13, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.30th of June: Oddities of the Election NightThe election night was not all about results, but also actions and attitude of leaders and parties and as a citizen of Turkey, I gotta tell…Jun 29, 2018Jun 29, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.27th of June: What will we see in Turkey after all?The reason why I did not write anything after the day of elections is that leaders of CHP and IYI Party did not make final statements about…Jun 27, 2018Jun 27, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.20th of June: A Tale of Two Turkish-Nationalist PartiesIn recent history of Turkish politics, there is a huge historical split in Turkish nationalisim, which is concerning MHP and IYI Party. I’m…Jun 20, 2018Jun 20, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.17th of June:Who are communists and socialists voting for in upcoming elections?Firstly, I have to say that there are hundreds of communist organizations and various communist political parties in Turkey, there are…Jun 17, 2018Jun 17, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.17th of June: Erdogan is either going or not going. Both results are drastic.Next week today, we’re going to have two elections, and from now on there are strict limitations about campaigns, for example candidates…Jun 17, 2018Jun 17, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.11th of June: The highly possible outcome that opinion polls are not coveringAs we are approaching to the election day, more and more opinion polls are being revealed to the public, some of them are funded by the…Jun 11, 2018Jun 11, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.8th of June: Candidates’ slogansEvery party/candidate has a slogan on their own, today we’re going talk about the slogans and what they stand for.Jun 8, 2018Jun 8, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.6th of June: Left-wing’s non-existence in CHPAll these years, CHP (currently main opposition party, with Kemalist, secular, social democrat views) has been seen the “main left-wing…Jun 6, 2018Jun 6, 2018
Last Week in Turkey.5th of June: What are alternatives (other than re-election of Erdogan)?Today, Erdogan stands as the person who has been ruling Turkey for the last 16 years, that’s a long time for Turkey to have one…Jun 5, 2018Jun 5, 2018