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Turkey's Justice and Development Party | AK Party (AK Parti)

Turkey's Justice and Development Party | AK Party (AK Parti)
Atatürk debate in CHP cadres

| Opinion
Turkey’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has become embroiled in internal strife over …
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, members of the government, opposition leaders and other officials attend a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the death of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, at his mausoleum in capital Ankara, Nov. 10, 2019. (AFP Photo)
    Opinion

    Western media’s opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is possibly the world’s worst kept secret. Western commentators immediately jump to conclusions about the supposedly expansionist goals of Erdoğan’s Turkey whenever Ankara launches a fresh foreign policy initiative. Experts in Washington, Paris, Athens, Abu Dhabi and elsewhere make the same arguments in an attempt to contain Turkey’s influence to an unbearable extent. At the heart of those comments lies the claim that the Turkish president has isolated his country in the international arena, which will lead the nation to a disaster and that the Turkish people deserve better.
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wearing a face mask, as a precaution against the coronavirus, waves at his supporters in the Black Sea city of Rize, northern Turkey, Aug. 15, 2020. (AP Photo)
    Opinion

    The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) celebrated its 19th birthday earlier this week. Over the course of its history, the movement has single-handedly governed Turkey – an accomplishment that has eluded all others in the history of the country’s multi-party democracy.
  • AK Party Years in Turkey | Domestic and Foreign Policy
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    This volume addresses the domestic and foreign policy transformations in Turkey that took place over the course of the past two decades under the AK Party.

Bu Konuda Daha Fazla

  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R), ministers and army commanders follow a guard of honor at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk before a meeting of the High Military Council in capital Ankara, July 23, 2020. (AP Photo)

    After many years of waiting, Turkey’s Muslims rejoiced at the opportunity to perform their Friday and Eid prayers at the Hagia Sophia. That joy, to nobody’s surprise, went hand in hand with a war of words between Turkish politicians. Critics speculated that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration intended to “restore the caliphate,” claiming that Turkey’s top imam had “cursed” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the republic’s founder, in his Friday sermon.

  • The Grand National Assembly of Turkey

    Turkey’s political parties are currently preoccupied with the proposed regulation of social media platforms, the legal status of Hagia Sophia, the parliamentary bill on multiple bar associations, the Istanbul Convention, the LGBT and Generation Z debates and the declining performance of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. In addition to those hot topics, there are also two permanent features: early elections and potential shifts between electoral alliances.

  • People gather during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, Barcelona, Spain, June 7, 2020. (AP Photo)

    The outrage over George Floyd’s death at the hands of a racist police officer, which triggered riots in 140 cities across the United States and forced President Donald Trump to threaten military action against protestors, highlighted the importance of "the streets." Attempts to reshape politics through street protests have repeatedly captured the world’s attention over the last three decades. The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, along with other anti-communist uprisings across Eastern Europe, was hailed as a new wave of democratization. Although that revolution resulted in Czechoslovakia’s partition, most observers celebrated its peaceful nature.

  • Electorates

    Coming to terms with the past is necessary for newly formed political parties in order to create an authentic platform. That settlement must be multidimensional and serve as a source of hope for voters. The particular challenge that the Future Party (GP) and the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) face isn’t to criticize the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), from which they broke off, or President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – or to show the courage to launch new movements. They have already crossed those bridges.

  • Meral Akşener

    Recent remarks by Good Party Chairwoman Meral Akşener about the links between the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the PKK terrorist organization has sparked fresh controversy about the future of electoral alliances in Turkish politics. Recalling the HDP’s inability to distance itself from terrorists, she carved herself out some room to maneuver and revived questions about the possibility of a third electoral alliance emerging in the future.

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