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Is Turkey bringing back the death penalty?
Supporters of the death penalty, which was abolished in 2004, have become increasingly vocal in Turkey since the July 2016 coup attempt.
Tuesday 6 October 2020
How many mayors does the pro-Kurdish HDP have left?
It has taken barely 15 months for Turkey's pro-Kurdish party to be stripped of most of its mayors elected in March 2019
Friday 2 October 2020
Can Recep Tayyip Erdoğan run for a third term as president?
The referendum that inflicted an executive presidency on Turkey means another term depends on who calls the election
Tuesday 25 August 2020
Disney’s hold over the future of Turkish journalism
The fate of Turkey's only independent-minded broadcaster rests with the company that brought us Mickey Mouse
Monday 24 August 2020
The Muharrem İnce Party that no one is asking for
The former presidential candidate's conduct came short on election night 2018 — and the CHP has now moved on to someone better
Tuesday 4 August 2020
The injustice wrought on Kurdish mayors
Turkey's most successful Kurdish party is fighting to survive after 50 of its 65 elected mayors were unseated by government order
Thursday 4 June 2020
How Erdoğan continues to struggle with Atatürk’s legacy
There is still plenty of rancour about the decisions Turkey's first president put into motion when he opened parliament a century ago
Wednesday 22 April 2020
A century later, Turkey is set to return to North Africa
Turkey's plan to join the fighting in Libya is a military risk and a public opinion gamble
Thursday 2 January 2020
Yaşar Büyükanıt, the last Turkish general to threaten a coup
The former Turkish chief of the general staff will always be remembered as the man who threatened the AK Party — and helped it swell
Thursday 21 November 2019
For the Good of Turkish people
Meral Akşener’s tweets are genuinely witty but, despite what she says, she is not the much-awaited successor to Erdoğan
Saturday 3 August 2019