Election podcast #4: Three is a magic number
Turkey's election authorities will rule today on opposition to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's bid for a third term. The outcome is not really in doubt, but what's the argument about?
Election podcast #3: Is Turkey’s oldest nationalist party in trouble?
The MHP rejects a joint electoral list with the AK Party. Is that a show of confidence, or concealing weakness?
Election podcast #2: The proud man who wants to be president
Muharrem İnce, the runner-up in Turkey's last presidential election, fancies another run – to the dismay of the centre-left
Election podcast #1: A colossal backwards step for women
Turkey's governing party forms an alliance with a movement that believes women should be seen not as individuals, but as part of a family
Meral Akşener: the Erdoğan rival who won’t stand against him
She's ruled herself out of the running, but there's still an outside chance that the İYİ leader will be on the ballot paper
Mansur Yavaş: how many people know what he really thinks?
The Mayor of Ankara has run a stealth campaign to become the opposition's candidate for president. The trouble will start if he's actually selected
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: hope in the man who’s never beaten Erdoğan
The CHP leader can’t claim a national election victory in his 13 years at the helm, but entered 2023 as the top opposition candidate for president
Ekrem İmamoğlu: the impulsive Istanbul mayor hoping to face Erdoğan
The Mayor of Istanbul was plucked from obscurity barely four years ago. He could soon be Turkey's most powerful man
When will Turkey’s next election be held?
The next general election must be held by June 2023, although many believe it will happen much sooner
What’s in a name? A year of being told it’s ‘Türkiye, not Turkey’
With a few exceptions here and there, Turkey's rebrand exercise hasn't caught on in the media