Presidency
Presidency
The Executive Presidency and Turkey’s Future
| Domestic PolicyParliament has passed the second round of voting on the constitutional reform bill best known …
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Domestic PolicyThe Obama Presidency: A View from Turkey
By SETAThe Obama administration needs to plan extensive modifications and introduce substantial changes to the way US foreign policy is conducted around the world.
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Domestic PolicyGül’s Presidency and the CHP’s Thirst for Crisis
By Ibrahim KalinAfter days of debate and uncertainty, Abdullah Gül is finally a presidential candidate. Now Gül is busy trying to garner support for his nomination and, all being well, will be elected by the end of this month. What kind of a president will he be? And will his presidency provoke another political crisis in Turkey? These two questions will dominate the agenda for months to come. However the developments so far already provide some clues. By nominating Gül again, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) read the election results in the way their constituents read them -- Gül’s presidency was part of the election campaign from the very beginning. It would be wrong to reduce the AK Party’s victory to Gül alone, but the AK Party’s record over the last four-and-a-half years and what happened during Gül’s candidacy was a complete package for the vast majority of those who voted for the AK Party on July 22.