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If this is the PKK, it is a game changer
Not for decades have Kurdish militants struck civilians on a mass scale. That may have changed on Sunday
A new face for nationalism
How toppling Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahçeli is easier said than done
And what about the women?
Ahmet Davutoğlu's ministerial selection shows that women continue to be disgracefully underrepresented in the Turkish cabinet
All the king’s horses
Turkey’s new cabinet clearly signals the shift in power from the prime minister to the president
Turkey votes again
Our final predictions: slightly stronger AK Party, stronger CHP, slightly weaker nationalists, a Kurdish party in third place
Turkey’s coalition options
If the pro-Kurdish HDP crosses the 10% electoral threshold tomorrow, we could be facing the exciting prospect of multi-party government in Turkey.
The elusive result
With four weeks until election day, Turkish opinion polls aren't showing much movement. Maybe the campaign will change that.
Is Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu xenophobic?
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu wants to rid Turkey of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who fled north to escape the civil war
What is the Turkish position on the Armenian genocide?
The events of 1915 are ripe for historical research. Let’s pick at it before it goes completely rotten.
Briefing: the CHP’s primaries
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu gives his party’s members a voice where no other leader dares