Kurdish Question
DEVA, SP, GP applaud as CHP secularism and YSP-TIP leftism unite
| OpinionPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened the Istanbul Finance Center (IFC) on Monday. Then, having delivered …
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OpinionDEVA, SP, GP applaud as CHP secularism and YSP-TIP leftism unite
By Burhanettin DuranAs the rigid discourse of Turkish and Kurdish leftists merge with the CHP’s ultra-secularism, DEVA, the Felicity Party (SP) and the GP watch from the sidelines and offer a standing ovation.
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Opinion‘Table for six’ in Türkiye fails to serve
By Burhanettin DuranThe opposition bloc is unable to present a feasible alternative for governing Türkiye despite considering themselves as the opposite of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party)
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OpinionCan they dare for a new ‘Kurdish opening’?
By Burhanettin DuranTürkiye’s political parties will ostensibly fight over the Kurdish vote bank in the 2023 election campaign. That competition has already fueled rumors about a new “opening,” yet it remains unclear whether that will lead to concrete and comprehensive policy proposals.
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Identity politics or national identity debate?
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey never ceases to debate 'identity politics' around elections. In previous elections, political parties tapped into distinctions between religious and secular citizens, Sunnis and Alevis, or Turks and Kurds, in open or veiled manners, to influence voters.
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Turkish opposition’s early election call
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey’s political opposition has been saying the same thing, over and over again, since the 2019 municipal elections: 'The country is not being governed properly. Let us hold early elections.'
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Nationalism, 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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Turkish 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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Turkish 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