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With the economy worsening, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) has decided to hold elections a year earlier than planned. Since the June 24 date was announced, however, the lira has fallen 5% relative to the euro and 12% relative to the dollar. If the trend continues, the gov..

With the economy worsening, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) has decided to hold elections a year earlier than planned. Since the June 24 date was announced, however, the lira has fallen 5% relative to the euro and 12% relative to the dollar. If the trend continues, t..

In the days following the 1 November election, Turkey’s pro-government newspapers have depicted a bright future for the nation. Writing for Yeni Şafak, one columnist explained that the government..

Which date is more useful for explaining the arrests of prominent Turkish media figures that occurred earlier this month: 4 April 2009—when the Turkish religious leader Fethullah Gülen first issued a broadside against the “Tahşiyeciler,” a small religious group that opposed his inter..

On a September evening in 1974, Yılmaz Pütün was arrested for murdering a local judge at a seaside Turkish casino. An argument between Pütün’s table and the judge’s had quickly escalated to the point where Pütün had pulled out a gun and demanded everyone sit back down. When the..

All Politics Is Local: Mustafa Sarıgül and the CHP (Part Three)

[Part one of this article can be found here; part two can b..

All Politics Is Local: Mustafa Sarıgül and the CHP (Part Two)

[Part one of this article can be found here.]

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All Politics Is Local: Mustafa Sarıgül and the CHP (Part One)

[People ask,] “Why are you always beating up on Sarıgül?” Let’s start the matter from here. I ask you: in this country has there ever been a ..