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Turkey Politics: Who Wins from Stirring the War against Kurds?

... However, Erdogan, the leader of the still ruling Justice and Development Party (AK), turned to be deeply frustrated by the results of the latest elections. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) cleared the 10-percent barrier, leaving the AK Party in the minority. The scenario means that Erdogan's hopes for the super-presidential system will not be coming into life in the near future and resumed investigation of the corruption cases of December 17 and 25, 2014, implicating many top officials ...

10.09.2015

What Will the Power Shift Bring to Turkish Politics and to Turkey-Russia Relations?

Limits of power and debates on a new presidential system Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the first publicly held presidential elections in the first round, albeit with a narrow margin of 1.7 per cent. In the aftermath of the elections, Erdogan and the AK Party have chosen to delay the debates on the shift of power as it relates to the government and to the leadership of the party. Yet just before leaving office, Erdogan has determined his successor as Ahmet Davutoglu. Even though Erdogan is leaving ...

28.08.2014

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