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Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)

Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
The HDP’s renewed audacity

| Opinion
The Istanbul rerun election fueled new developments in Turkish politics. There is an ongoing discussion …
  • Turkish Grand National Assembly
    Opinion

    Building on its victory in the rerun Istanbul mayoral elections, Turkey's opposition just launched its campaign to reverse the country's transition to the presidential system. Their current effort is a prelude to a pending call for early elections.
  • Men in suit
    Opinion

    The Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) poll defeat in the Istanbul mayoral election has accelerated political analyses for the coming period. Indeed, the fact that Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu could secure 54 percent of the vote is not just a twist of the alliance system, but also a result achieved by those aspiring to end the 17-year AK party rule through trial and error.
  • Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Headquarters in Ankara
    Opinion

    PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's call on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to remain neutral in the Istanbul rerun was the campaign season's final surprise.

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  • Turkey

    Some words are capable of designating more than what they seem to mean. The word alliance, which has become a cornerstone of Turkish politics in recent months, is one such example. In the wake of the July 2016 resistance and Turkey's transition to a presidential system, the ability to form and maintain alliances emerged as a key skill in the political arena.

  • Refugees of the Syrian Civil War

    Verbal attacks by Kılıçdaroğlu and Good Party (İP) Chairwoman Meral Akşener against Syrian refugees on the campaign trail demonstrated their lack of interest in governing. At the time, their remarks were dismissed as a case of election-season populism.

  • Turkey's quest for pre-electoral alliances in local elections

    Although the recount of some ballots in Istanbul is ongoing, analysts have started to discuss the outcome of the local elections that took place in Turkey on Sunday. It will be hard to summarize the potential outcomes of the elections and their meaning but here are some critical points.

  • Turkish Elections

    Turkey will hold municipal elections tomorrow. The People's Alliance and the Nation Alliance have worked very hard to win over undecided voters and maximize turnout.

  • People walk in front of an election billboard depicting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli of the People's Alliance, ahead of the March 31 local elections, Istanbul, March 22, 2019.

    If the People's Alliance succeeds in the elections, the AK Party and the MHP may deepen their ties and continue to institutionalize the new political system, buoyed by this enthusiasm

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