Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
Solving or just discussing? Turkey’s ‘Kurdish question’
| OpinionKemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairperson, started a fresh debate on the …
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OpinionErdoğan’s Diyarbakır discourse serves whom?
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey just entered a period of renewed debate on the Kurdish question, when the way we talk about that issue, too, will be the subject of discussion.
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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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US’ unilateral actions against Turkey source of problem
By Burhanettin DuranThe backlash over U.S. President Joe Biden’s statement on the so-called Armenian 'genocide' continues. Deeming the Turkish government’s reaction insufficient, opposition leaders argued that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lacked 'the courage to hang up on Biden.' Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairperson Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Good Party (IP) leader Meral Akşener eagerly attacked the government much more fiercely than they reacted to the White House statement. Turkey’s contemporary foreign policy, they said, was actually responsible for what happened.
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The impact of Biden’s 1915 decision on Turkey-US ties
By Burhanettin DuranOne thing is clear: The relationship between Ankara and Washington gradually evolve from the constraints of a traditional alliance. A new modus operandi emerges, which brings together adversity, competition and cooperation.
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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 will dominate Turkey’s longest election?
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey entered possibly the longest election cycle in its political history. No, I am not referring to opposition leaders taking turns to speculate about an early election. As a matter of fact, I still believe that the election will take place, as scheduled, in 2023. Although that election is two years away, the country’s political agenda suggests that party politics are already in the home stretch.