Schlagwort: CHP

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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

The center is far right (10.8.21)

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DuvarEnglish article on the government and the opposition … Abstract: In Turkey and abroad, the criticism focuses on the government and President Erdoğan. This portrays the opposition in a more democratic light. Something for which there is little substance. Most opposition parties rally with the government at the far right of the political spectrum. Full article: https://www.duvarenglish.com/the-center-is-far-right-article-58440

27 Giugno, Spazio Transnazionale, Radio Radicale

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Ho partecipato al programma Spazio Transnazionale di Radio Radicale. Abbiamo brevemente parlato sulla situazione in Turchia dopo delle elezioni ad Istanbul e che significa per la politica nazionale. Il testo sul sito di Radio Radicale: Doppia esplosione a Tunisi. Torna il terrorismo; Il caso Iran e lo scontro Usa-Cina: da domani a Osaka i temi del G-20; Ucciso l’ex generale Asamnew Tsige, la mente del golpe in Etiopia; Turchia: oggi Read More …

23 Giugno, Speciale Radio Radicale Elezioni Istanbul

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Ho partecipate allo Speciale Spazio transnazionale, la trasmissione di RadioRadicale sull’attualità internazionale dedicata alla vittoria di Ekrem Imamoglu nella ripetizione del voto per l’elezione del sindaco di Istanbul, dopo il controverso annullamento della vittoria del 31 marzo scorso. https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/577792 Sono intervenuti: Giampiero Buonomo (Giurista), Luigi Compagna (Già Senatore della Repubblica), Federico Donelli (Ricercatore presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche dell’Università degli Studi di Genova e Visiting Fellow presso l’Università Sehir) Read More …