Turkey says ‘No’ to presidential government

ORF Issue Brief (Observer Research Foundation) Issue 95, June 2015

Anita Sengupta *

The general elections of 7 June 2015 were Turkey’s last scheduled elections until the next one in 2019. Coming at a time when the country and its neighbours are on the brink of profound transformation, and given the increasing complexity of the socio-political situation in the Middle East, the elections results may well re-define the direction of West Asian politics for some time to come.

* Anita Sengupta is a Fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. She works on issues related to the Eurasian region.

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