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2015 general election
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How the stocks reacted
Inspired by an Economist graphic following last month’s British election, we ask: do Turkish general election results have a big impact on the country’s stock market?
Our first predictions for the Turkish election
As the final opinion polls are published, JamesInTurkey.com makes its first calls for the Turkish general election
Is Abdullah Gül coming back?
Rumours abound that the former president will be drafted in to shore up the governing party’s vote
Turkey’s cruel election threshold: a crash course
The central question of this year’s election is whether the HDP can muster enough votes it needs before it can win any seats.
Can we trust Konda?
A leaked survey from a long-standing pollster appears to confirm what we already know about Turkey's approaching general election
Campaigns in concert
President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu are proving effective at coordinating their diaries
Turkey can’t even get its sex scandals right
Prudish Turkey loves a good sex tape, but the rubbish spouted about Meral Akşener will only backfire
The elusive result
With four weeks until election day, Turkish opinion polls aren't showing much movement. Maybe the campaign will change that.
HDP complains about partisan Erdoğan
The opposition complains over the president's lack of neutrality
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