HSBC Turkey Chief to Stand Trial in April for Erdogan Insult
Source:Yahoo News Date:08Feb2019
Fear of any anti-government protest reaching the level of paranoia: HSBC’s Selim Kervanci was being investigated by the prosecutor’s office over a video he retweeted during the so-called Gezi
Turkey’s Kurds are sacrificing election wins but to what end?
Source:Arab Weekly Date:03Feb2019
Still, given that the race is neck and neck in the big cities and in western Turkey, the opposition is anxious to attract HDP voters. If the main, so-called greater municipalities are won by
Challenges for AK Party to overcome in March elections
Source:Daily Sabah Date:02Feb2019
We can say that three groups need to be “persuaded” for the upcoming local elections. The first is young voters voting for the first time who have grown up seeing no other party but
Economic woes set to seal fate of Turkey’s local polls
Source:al Monitor Date:29Jan2019
Quotes two polls, one not made public in Turkey Turkey’s economic turmoil, fueled by a currency crisis amid unprecedented tensions with the United States last summer, has become the No. 1 concern
Turkey’s election watchdog denies claims over ghost voters for local polls
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:22Jan2019
Turkey’s High Election Board responded to allegations of voter registration fraud: “Let me give you an example. The number of frozen registration of electorates was only 736 in the
Turkey’s state of permanent crisis serves Erdogan
Source:The Arab Weekly Date:20Jan2019
In their 2018 book “How Democracies Die,” Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt noted that “blatant dictatorship — in the form of fascism, communism or military rule — has
Opposition reports false voter registrations in Turkey
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:18Jan2019
False registration is a sign of how desperate AKP is, which falling behind in polls across the board: More than 200 voters live in the same apartment in Bingol, a city in eastern Anatolia.
Why Turkey’s AKP is throwing its weight into local election campaign
Source:Middle East Eye Date:07Jan2019
AKP, which won 42 percent in the June general elections, is somewhat on the defensive. It would like to have a 50 percent share of the votes – something it achieved in Turkey’s presidential
HDP set to take more districts in March vote
Source:Ahval News Date:02Jan2019
Amidst the paucity of national polls, we report what we can According to a survey Rawest, a polling firm that focuses on Turkey’s east and southeast, conducted before the announcement of
Turkey Frees Pastor Andrew Brunson, Easing Tensions With U.S.
Source:New York Times Date:13Oct2018
A small step for Turkey, a big step for Turko-American relations. Brunson verdict opens a window for sincere dialogue. The disputes between Turkey and US are not artifical, neither are they