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The symbol of rebuilding the TRNC
| OpinionTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Lefkoşa (Nicosia), the capital of the Turkish Republic of …
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OpinionTurkey’s opposition suffers from Qatarphobia
By Burhanettin DuranThe Turkish opposition’s xenophobic approach towards Qatari investors is the pure reflection of their hostility against the government
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OpinionIn Turkey, a race to the bottom with negative campaigns
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey’s opposition parties are locked in a competition with each other to generate the harshest political rhetoric possible as they attempt to block Kanal Istanbul, a megaproject set to create an artificial waterway between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea.
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OpinionWhat are the Turkish opposition’s election plans?
By Burhanettin DuranFor the record, it is not yet clear which political parties will contest the next election as part of the Nation Alliance. Potential changes to Turkey’s electoral system, too, may tilt the balance of power.
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Turkish opposition’s 2023 calculations
By Burhanettin DuranOpposition leaders Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Meral Akşener of the Good Party (IP) continue to call for an early election, whenever they feel like it.
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Turkish opposition maneuvers too early for 2023 polls?
By Burhanettin DuranThe opposition elites, by contrast, cannot rid themselves of "othering" – secularist fanaticism. They are certainly miles away from having the kind of self-confidence needed to govern a country like Turkey.
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What is EU planning for its Turkey policy?
By Burhanettin DuranThe European Union leaders summit resulted in minor positive steps and a three-month extension. The description of steps for rapprochement as “gradual, proportional and reversible” was a textbook carrot-and-stick routine. Europe’s method of communication, too, was quite familiar.
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What is the greatest problem in Turkish politics?
By Burhanettin DuranObviously, democracy requires political parties to change their views in order to find a middle ground. Temporarily suppressing one’s real views to unite around “negative politics” (opposing everything) is not a healthy attitude for the culture of democracy.
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Turkey must come together for new civilian constitution
By Talha KöseThe Justice Ministry's vital mission to formulate an up-to-date and visionary plan is considered a contribution to the new civilian constitution, which is scheduled to be drafted in the 100th year of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.