Spazio Transnazionale – La Turchia dopo le municipali

Ho partecipato nel programma “Spazio Transnazionale” (Radio Radicale) di Francesco de Leo il 5 Aprile 2024, 5 giorni dopo le elezioni municipali in Turchia. Abbiamo discusso alcuni aspetti dei risultati con Mariano Giustino, correspondente di Radio Radicale in Turchia. https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/725302/spazio-transnazionale-israele-e-i-civili-la-possibile-vendetta-di-teheran-75-anni La parte sulla Turchia comincia al minuto 38:20 … Puntata di “Spazio Transnazionale – Israele e i civili – La possibile vendetta di Teheran – 75 anni della NATO – Read More …

RBB24Info: Kommunalwahlen in der Türkei: “Denkzettel” für Erdoğan

Interview mit dem Inforadio des RBB über die Kommunalwahlen in der Türkei vom 31.3. 2024. Text des Inforadios: Bei den Kommunalwahlen in der Türkei hat Präsident Erdoğans Partei AKP massive Verluste erlitten. Die größte Oppositionspartei CHP hat landesweit die meisten Stimmen bekommen. Die Unzufriedenheit mit der wirtschaftlichen Lage habe das Wahlergebnis stark beeinflusst, sagt der Politologe Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere. Was sind die Gründe für den Wahlerfolg der CHP bei den Read More …

Seçim Türkiye – Speciale Elezioni Amministrative in Turchia (Radio Radicale)

Intervista di Mariano Giustino, corrispondente dalla Turchia per Radio Radicale, sulle elezioni amministrative in Turchia. L’intervista è stata registrata il 21 marzo 2024 e trasmessa il 22 marzo. L’intervista dura 21 minuti: https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/724069/secim-turkiye-seconda-puntata-dello-speciale-elezioni-amministrative-in-turchia

No country for (old-fashioned) opposition (Eliamep policy paper)

Policy Paper on the state of the opposition after the May elections. Turkey is facing the threat of having no viable opposition anymore, but a cosmetic one that serves to legitimize the government, but doesn’t have any real chances of winning important elections. If the opposition doesn’t act united in the municipal elections, which are scheduled for March 2024, the AKP will most likely win back cities like Istanbul, Ankara, Read More …

Two Turkeys and the opposition at a crossroads, Progressive Post

Article for the Progressive Post on what the elecions in Turkey mean for the opposition: The Turkish election results mean continuity in domestic and foreign policy with a tendency to more authoritarianism at home and an eastward-looking foreign policy. For the opposition, the cards are being reshuffled and it seems that for now, the time of more liberal experiments is over. Full article: https://progressivepost.eu/two-turkeys-and-the-opposition-at-a-crossroads/

Quo Vadis Turkey – Ta Nea

Article for Greek daily Ta Nea on the prospects for the 14 May elections in Turkey. Published on 22 April 2023. English version: What prospects for the elections in Turkey? The election campaign in Turkey is entering its decisive phase. All 26 parties participating in the elections on 14 May have submitted their lists of candidates. The largest opposition alliance, lead by the Kemalist-social democratic CHP, has succeeded in drawing Read More …

Dersimli Kemal for President?

Eliamep policy paper on the opposition’s presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu and the position, debate and standing of Alevis in Turkey. As being both Alevi and Kurdish, Kilicdaroglu would be a first in Turkey, never had an Alevi such a high position withtin the state structure. After years of ever harsher polarization, his presidency could help to bridge divides, be they ethnic or confessional and bring the country closer to accepting Read More …

Article on the Kurdish vote in Turkey’s elections, Ta Nea

An opinion piece for the Greek daily Ta Nea, published on 4 February 2023, on the importance of the Kurdish vote in the upcoming elections in Turkey. The article is based on our Eliamep policy brief “Turkey’s Kurds: Kingmakers in the upcoming elections?”, which I wrote together with Evangelos Areteos,https://www.eliamep.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Policy-paper-124-Areteos-Guzeldere-.pdf