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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
Can Ali Babacan’s movement dent the AK Party behemoth?
The former deputy prime minister has interesting plans, but needs to attract far more prominent figures besides himself
Thursday 11 July 2019
Ekrem’s promise, Ekrem’s destiny
Ekrem İmamoğlu‘s impressive victory has triggered huge expectations for his future. He must now demonstrate he is worthy of them
Tuesday 25 June 2019
As it happened: the Ekrem İmamoğlu vs Binali Yıldırım TV debate
How Turkey's first major political TV debate in 16 years unfolded
Sunday 16 June 2019
Binali Yıldırım’s gamble
The former prime minister has more to lose by challenging Istanbul mayoral rival Ekrem İmamoğlu to Turkey's first televised political debate in 17 years
Monday 10 June 2019
Not a new dawn, but first lights?
Turkey's opposition has run its most effective campaign and election night in a decade and a half
Monday 1 April 2019