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iyi party
11 posts
Election podcast #5: The lady’s not for turning
Meral Akşener is typically defiant after gunshots are fired at the headquarters of her İYİ Party in Istanbul.
Friday 31 March 2023
When will Turkey’s next election be held?
The next general election must be held by June 2023, although many believe it will happen much sooner
Monday 9 January 2023
The struggle for Meral
Polls suggest Meral Akşener’s İYİ party is now Turkey’s third largest. Little wonder the others are trying to court her
Tuesday 17 November 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
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
Election live 2019: Turkey votes in local elections
Updates throughout the day on 31 March 2019 as Turkey votes in local elections
Sunday 31 March 2019
What happens when you keep the HDP out of the game
Excluding Turkey's Kurdish party from an opposition electoral alliance could gift Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a majority
Saturday 5 May 2018
Why 15 Turkish MPs resigned, switched parties, but will be back in a week
A stunt with parliamentary arithmetic sets the tone for Turkey's snap election campaign
Sunday 22 April 2018
Is the İyi Parti entitled run in the 2018 Turkish election?
Turkey’s new centre-right movement may fall foul of rules for recently-founded political parties
Saturday 21 April 2018
The election no-one expected
President Erdoğan did not have to call this election now. That shows how confident he is of victory
Wednesday 18 April 2018