Turkey’s Longest Year Continues with Presidential Elections 17 juillet 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Emre Erdoğan, local elections, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, July 17, 2014
Emre Erdogan *
Even as a winner of numerous elections and referenda, 18 months of electoral contests is still a considerable challenge for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He faces corruption allegations, urban popular unrest, and an unfavorable economic climate, but was still successful in the recent municipal elections. (suite…)
Turkey’s Presidential Prospects: Assessing Recent Trends 23 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Kurds, local elections, presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Soner Cagaptay, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Research Notes (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) No. 18, May 2014
Soner Cagaptay *
If Erdogan hopes to become Turkey’s first directly elected president, he will need to continue courting Kurdish voters and burnishing his economic and populist credentials. (suite…)
Turkey: Local Elections with Regional and International Implications 13 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, local elections
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Assessment Report (ACRPS) 13 April, 2014 العربية
Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Policy Analysis Unit *
Though the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was anticipated to win the Turkish local elections, the opposition banked on the AKP losing Istanbul, making their victory in Istanbul a shock to many. (suite…)
Turkey’s choice: EU or Putin norms 7 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, local elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Şahin Alpay
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Monday, April 7, 2014, p. 15
Şahin Alpay
Turkey, during the first two terms of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in power, managed to leave behind the military-bureaucratic tutelage over democracy, if not constitutionally then in practice. The main struggle for Turkey in the third term of AKP power is to prevent democracy from turning into the tyranny of the majority. (suite…)
Turkey’s opposition should rediscover its strengths 2 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, CHP, local elections, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Financial Times (USA Ed) April 2, 2014, p. 9
By Kemal Dervis *
Officially, Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect municipal governments. But the ballot was also an informal referendum on the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister. His Justice and Development party, or AKP, took close to 45 per cent of the vote; the three main opposition parties took 51 per cent between them. (suite…)
Erdogan’s shallow version of democracy will falter 27 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, local elections, Sinan Ülgen
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Financial Times (USA Ed) March 27, 2014, p. 11
By Sinan Ulgen *
By definition, municipal elections are about choosing local leaders. Yet Turkey ‘s local elections this weekend will be about much more. It is set to be a contest between two visions of democracy and its outcome will have serious implications for the future of democratic freedoms in this crucial western ally. (suite…)
Oy Vey (İ)z-mir: The Turkish Elections and Erdoğan’s Options 26 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Kasım Han, AKP, decision-making, leadership, local elections, Moshe Dayan Center, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tel Aviv Notes
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Tel Aviv Notes (The Moshe Dayan Center) Vol. 8, No. 6, March 26, 2014
Tel Aviv University
by Ahmet Kasım Han *
On the 16 th of March, T urkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a grandiose election rally in İzmir, in advance of the forthcoming municipal elections. (suite…)
Turkey Leader Faces Big Test in Mayoral Race 25 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Kadir Topbas, local elections, Mustafa Sarigul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The Wall Street Journal Europe (USA) March 25, 2014, p. 1
By Joe Parkinson, Istanbul
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to prominence began when he became mayor of this storied city 20 years ago.
Turkey’s Local Elections: Actors, Factors, and Implications 19 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Istanbul, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: AKP, Ankara, Bipartisan Policy Center, local elections
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Report (BPC) March 2014, 32 p.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
Foreign Policy Project
On March 30, 2014, Turks will vote in municipal elections amid an ongoing political conflict within the Islamic conservative movement between two former allies turned bitter foes. (suite…)
Turkey Goes to the Ballot Box: 2014 Municipal Elections and Beyond 13 mars 2014
Posted by Acturca in Uncategorized.Tags: AKP, Ali Çarkoğlu, local elections, The Brookings Institution
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Turkey Project Policy Paper (The Brookings Institution) Number 3, March 2014
By Ali Çarkoğlu *
With municipal elections taking place on March 30, Turkey is entering into an eight-month long election cycle at a time when the country is undergoing considerable domestic turmoil. The AKP (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, or Justice and Development Party) came to power in November 2002 with about 34 percent of the popular vote. (suite…)
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Turkey’s Municipal Elections: Setting the Stage for Upcoming Elections 14 avril 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: elections, GTE Commentary, Istituto Affari Internazionali, local elections, Soli Özel
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GTE Commentary (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 11, 14 April 2014, 3 p.
by Soli Özel *
Those who expected municipal elections to give Turkey a respite from the draining tensions and polarization that have marked the last three months have been proven wrong. Dead wrong. (suite…)