Break bread with Ekmeleddin
The campaign launch of Erdoğan’s main rival sent us all to sleep. How will he persuade people to vote for him?
The consensus man who needs more of it
The opposition candidate to become Turkey's next president is Muslim, unknown and not a politician. He could win, but it's really up to the Kurds.
Soma shows Erdoğan has lost it
For the first time, the cost of Erdoğan’s Turkey is being counted in bodies. No wonder the prime minister is on the defensive.
Can Mansur Yavaş win in Ankara?
Four central districts and Turkey’s nationalist voters will define the battle for the country’s capital Can he do…
CHP’s Izmir is safe
The governing AK Party will not win Turkey's third largest city - and they've only got themselves to blame
The curious case of Ankara’s ironic posters
Fake posters attacking Ankara's main opposition candidate reveal even more skullduggery in a Turkish election campaign
An MHP car crash – including Manisa?
This website predicts the Turkish nationalists will lose Manisa; the party seriously risks losing all their other big…
The farce of children’s rights in Turkey
If Berkin Elvan’s killer cannot be found, hasn’t Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made Turkey a terrible place to be a child?
The cities that could go at the next election
Outside the biggest cities, wider boundaries and electoral maths suggests Turkey's governing AK party has some vulnerabilities
MHP ahead in Adana after Durak pulls out
A popular candidate withdraws in favour of the incumbent party - but his name stays on the ballot