The elections in Türkiye, like in the rest of the world, are closely monitored in China as well. According to Professor Shen Zhinxing, the Western world perceives Türkiye under the leadership of Erdoğan as “disobedient.” According to Prof. Shen, if Kılıçdaroğlu is elected as President, political tensions may arise between Türkiye and China, as well as Russia. Countdown continues for ...
UWI author Onur Sinan Güzaltan was the guest of Russia Today. Güzaltan evaluated the results of the first round of elections in Turkey and its possible reflections on foreign policy. Below we present the transcription of the interview. Turkish political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan. Welcome Onur. Nice to see you are joining us here in the studio. It looks like ...
The severe economic crisis, the earthquake that hit 11 cities, the presidential system that does not function, millions of illegal immigrants, the lack of merit in state institutions, the injustice in income distribution, the electoral alliance that disturbs the nationalist voters (the AKP’s electoral alliance with HÜDAPAR, which is close to the Türkiye-based ethnic Kurdish and sharia terrorist organization Hezbollah), ...
Türkiye left behind a long but calm election night. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the People’s Alliance, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the candidate of the Nation Alliance, and Sinan Oğan, the candidate of the Ata Alliance, competed against each other. Official results are expected on May 19. According to unofficial numbers, President Erdoğan received 49.50% of the votes while Kılıçdaroğlu 44.89% ...
According to the statements of its leaders, the oppositional alliance, the ‘Table of Six’, proposes the following policy regarding Syria: The Turkish Army will withdraw from Syrian territory. Türkiye will reach an agreement with the Syrian government. Syrians in Türkiye will be sent back to Syria. Ambassadors will be appointed reciprocally. It is innocence at the first sight. But there ...
By Oscar Rotundo * What has been the change in the electoral system with respect to 2018 and what is its importance with respect to the future of the country? Yunus Soner – Good afternoon Oscar from here in Istanbul, I am going to try to provide you with an analysis of the situation. Candidates and coalitions On May 14, ...
By Bessam Abu Abdullah * The presidential and parliamentary elections in Türkiye also concern the unity and sovereignty of Syria, the laws regulating the marriage, family and property laws of the Islamic, Messianic, Jewish and Druze communities, and the future of the secular and unitary state structure. They are also about whether the ethnic and sectarian separatist goals of the ...
Last week witnessed important developments in Türkiye’s electoral agenda and international relations. The candidates nominated by the Nation Alliance sparked controversy, especially within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) grassroots. Apart from the electoral agenda, the Turkish Navy fulfilled one of its most important projects. The launch of TCG Anadolu, the world’s first drone carrier ship, left its mark on the ...
Sinan Oğan, the fourth candidate in Türkiye’s May 14 presidential (and also parliamentary) elections, is a former deputy from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which is now Erdoğan’s ally. Born in 1967 in Iğdır, Türkiye’s easternmost city bordering Armenia and Iran, Oğan is the youngest of the presidential candidates. The characteristics of the Victory Party (Zafer Partisi) chaired by Ümit ...
Muharrem İnce, the leader of the Homeland Party, has become the third presidential candidate for the May 14 elections. He followed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the leader of the People’s Alliance and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Nation Alliance. İnce was a former Republican People’s Party (CHP) member and the party’s presidential candidate in the 2018 presidential elections. He founded ...