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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.
Saturday 6 June 2015
The elusive result
With four weeks until election day, Turkish opinion polls aren't showing much movement. Maybe the campaign will change that.
Monday 11 May 2015
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
Friday 24 April 2015
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.
Thursday 23 April 2015
Briefing: the CHP’s primaries
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu gives his party’s members a voice where no other leader dares
Saturday 28 March 2015
Principles in the face of an atrocity
Lawyers refuse to defend an alleged murderer and a minister calls for the death penalty. What principles does Turkey actually stand for?
Monday 16 February 2015
When MPs leave the chamber
More members of parliament have left the AK Party than any other in this session, but opposition lines haven't exactly held firm
Monday 9 February 2015
Riches or desolation: can the HDP get more than 10%?
Turkey's Kurdish party has ambitiously vowed to contest this summer's election. It's a risky decision that pitches the party between riches and desolation
Friday 6 February 2015
Dropping the gun
Calls to abolish compulsory military service in Turkey are becoming increasingly mainstream
Tuesday 2 December 2014
New parties start the silly season
Emine Ülker Tarhan's new ulusalcı outfit - and the new supposedly Gülenist party - herald the start of the Turkish pre-election silly season
Saturday 15 November 2014