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CHP win or AKP loss? How the opposition campaigned and what to expect next
İSTANBUL – On Sunday evening, as the election results became clear, 24-year old student Dilan went to Saraçhane in İstanbul to celebrate the victory of…
Apr 5
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Verda Uyar
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Ingrid Woudwijk
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CHP win or AKP loss? How the opposition campaigned and what to expect next
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Election (almost) denied: Winning DEM Party mayor not replaced by runner-up in Van
UPDATE: Shortly after we published this article, Turkey's High Election Board ruled to reinstate Abdullah Zeydan's eligibility as a candidate and grant…
Apr 3
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Yeşim Karaağar
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Gonca Tokyol
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Election (almost) denied: Winning DEM Party mayor not replaced by runner-up in Van
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Inf-election point: How inflation hit voters and then Turkey’s ruling party
İSTANBUL – As the results of Turkey’s local elections are tallied, a few trends are emerging from preliminary outcomes, which show notable losses for…
Apr 1
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Diego Cupolo
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Inf-election point: How inflation hit voters and then Turkey’s ruling party
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Scaling the castle: CHP dominance challenged in İzmir, Turkey’s secular stronghold
İZMİR — “Look at those potholes,” Ömer Cenkli, an İzmir taxi driver in his 30s, said while driving in Bornova, one of the province’s central districts…
Mar 27
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Scaling the castle: CHP dominance challenged in İzmir, Turkey’s secular stronghold
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Muhtar elections: Why Turkey’s oldest and lowest post still matters
KARABÜK — "A muhtar is the foundation block of democracy," said 58-year-old Birsen Yirmibeş. She is one of the country's more than 50,000 muhtars – a…
Mar 26
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Sema Beşevli
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Muhtar elections: Why Turkey’s oldest and lowest post still matters
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After their elected officials were replaced, DEM Party voters head to the polls without expectations
DİYARBAKIR & SİLOPİ — Newroz celebrates the arrival of spring, a new year and new beginnings for many Kurds in Turkey. The celebrations are also deeply…
Mar 25
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Ingrid Woudwijk
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After their elected officials were replaced, DEM Party voters head to the polls without expectations
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The AKP thinks it can take İstanbul. Pollsters disagree.
İSTANBUL – Turkey’s March 31 local elections are fast approaching, and the most consequential race remains too close to call. Many uncertainties remain…
Mar 20
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Diego Cupolo
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Ingrid Woudwijk
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The AKP thinks it can take İstanbul. Pollsters disagree.
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DEM Party’s impact on local elections: Candidates, trustees and vote shares
İSTANBUL & URFA — As Turkey prepares for local elections in less than two weeks, all eyes are on the “Kurdish vote,” which is often defined as Turkey’s…
Mar 19
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rabia çetin
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DEM Party’s impact on local elections: Candidates, trustees and vote shares
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Turkey’s 2021 wildfires were a warning. Some lessons were noted, others not.
ANTALYA & MUĞLA – In the summer of 2021, Turkey experienced its worst forest fires in decades. Flames scorched 150,000 hectares of forest along the…
Mar 18
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Gonca Tokyol
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Turkey’s 2021 wildfires were a warning. Some lessons were noted, others not.
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Prospects for peace summit: Weighing Erdoğan’s offer to host Ukraine-Russia talks
İSTANBUL – Everyone and the Pope seems to be calling for Ukraine-Russia peace talks, and Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has joined the chorus…
Mar 13
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Diego Cupolo
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Prospects for peace summit: Weighing Erdoğan’s offer to host Ukraine-Russia talks
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Saving İskenderun Bay: A doctor, a lawyer and their legal campaign against polluters
ADANA – Dr. Sadun Bölükbaşı is pensive as he looks out at the Mediterranean Sea from İskenderun Bay, a thumb-shaped gulf between the southern provinces…
Mar 11
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Nimet Kıraç
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Saving İskenderun Bay: A doctor, a lawyer and their legal campaign against polluters
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Alimony: The latest battle line for Turkey’s women
ANKARA – Although the women’s movement in Turkey has gained strength and popular support in recent years, women’s rights – collectively – have come…
Mar 8
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Ceren İskit
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Alimony: The latest battle line for Turkey’s women
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