Kurdish Question
Turkish opposition’s early election call
| OpinionTurkey’s political opposition has been saying the same thing, over and over again, since the …
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OpinionNationalism, Kurdish question and opposition in Turkey
By Burhanettin DuranThe main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Good Party (IP) recently signaled that they could walk back on their rapprochement with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
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OpinionTurkish opposition’s hard polemic addiction
By Burhanettin DuranDoes the opposition, which eagerly blames economic challenges on the presidential system, have a common policy that goes beyond unveiling a handful of shared principles?
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OpinionTurkish opposition’s investment in polarization
By Burhanettin DuranOpposition parties know no bounds in trying to 'get rid of Erdoğan' even if it means increasing tension and polarization
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Solving or just discussing? Turkey’s ‘Kurdish question’
By Burhanettin DuranCHP and the IP may face two problems at once. Failure to talk about autonomy or native-language education would get them stuck between Erdoğan’s Diyarbakır address and the HDP’s demands. Discussing the problems with the reconciliation process would put the CHP and the IP, not the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), in a difficult position.
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Turkey’s 2023 elections: Candidates or principles?
By Burhanettin DuranThe main question surrounding the 2023 elections in Turkey is whether the candidates or the principles will prove more important
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Erdoğan’s Diyarbakır discourse serves whom?
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey just entered a period of renewed debate on the Kurdish question, when the way we talk about that issue, too, will be the subject of discussion.
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PKK’s Gara attack a litmus test both at home...
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey mourns the death of its 13 unarmed citizens, who were executed by the PKK terrorist organization in a cave on Mt. Gara, northern Iraq. The most recent security operation, during which three Turkish troops lost their lives, not only demonstrated anew the PKK’s bloodthirsty nature but also revealed the unbearable double standards that apply to the condemnation of terror attacks at home and abroad.
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Identity crisis in CHP and anti-Erdoğanism
By Burhanettin DuranThe main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) made headlines again, as three parliamentarians resigned and Muharrem Ince, the CHP’s presidential candidate in the 2018 election, is preparing to launch his own movement. CHP Deputy Özgür Özel, the minority whip, blamed these developments on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but the problem is more complex and deeply rooted. CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s policy of stripping his party of ideology and identity, in an attempt to unite the opposition, appears to have hit a dead end.