IN A SNAP election on June 24, 2018, Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdoğan received more than 52% of the vote for president. The rightwing “People’s Alliance” that brought together Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) obtained over 53% of the vote, (...)
With four elections, a constitutional referendum and a coup attempt in the space of three years, the least we can say is that instability reigns in Turkey, even though President Erdogan has consolidated his power through all these turns. However, the municipal elections that will take place in (...)
The elections held on 24 June in Turkey confirmed the one-man rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and caused more disappointment than the previous ones. Several factors had created a wave of hope amongst supporters of the broader opposition parties that the ruling party would do less well this time. (...)
Introduction
The fundamental function of the large part of media, which is devoid of any kind of autonomy against the political field, has become the mouthpiece of Erdoğanism in this era where submission to power constitutes the sole path to survival. What is at stake here is a context within (...)
Erdoğan might have triumphed in the Turkish elections, but there are still glimmers of hope amid the despotism and repression.
The elections last Sunday in Turkey — both parliamentary and presidential — ended in what appeared to be a resounding triumph for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the (...)
Eleven Swiss groups have called on parliament to refrain from ratifying a revised free-trade agreement with Turkey, signed on Monday 25 June by Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann. They cited the country’s current political climate and human rights situation.
“By signing this modernised (...)
In Turkey, the government of the nationalist-religious Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi—AKP) called early presidential and parliamentary elections for the 24 June. It was aware that its electoral base is gradually eroding, particularly in the big metropolitan areas like (...)
I was arrested 20 months ago. But in tomorrow’s presidential election I represent all Turks who believe in democracy.
I write these lines to you from a maximum-security Turkish jail – which must surely be a strange idea for anyone who lives in a stable democracy. In any country where (...)
“If one day our nation says ‘enough,’ then we will step aside,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last week in a speech to Turkey’s Parliament. Soon after the speech, #Tamam (“Enough”) became a trending Twitter topic worldwide with over 1.5 million tweets posted by the end of that night. (...)
LeftEast website recently interviewed prolific Turkish leftist commentator Foti Benlisoy on the history of the Turkish left, from its Ottoman beginnings on to the present day. In what follows, Benlisoy provides a historically grounded perspective on the background and prospects of today’s (...)
Fifteen Swiss organisations have called on the Federal Council to suspend negotiations on expanding its free trade agreements with Turkey until the country releases all its political prisoners.
Turkey must ensure that the media and non-governmental organisations can operate freely in the (...)
The recent police crackdown adds into a long of list of state sponsored repression on free speech since Erdogan came to power.
Just days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the anti-war protesters in Boğaziçi University (or Bosphorus University) “terrorists”, police launched a (...)
I. INTRODUCTION
The request to consider the evidence related to the conflict between the Turkish State and the Kurdish people was first submitted to the PPT in July 2017.
The terms of reference:
a) a specific focus on the most recent period and events, with consideration of the historical (...)
Every year as International Workers’ Day approaches on 1 May, Turkey’s government and its unions begin a ritual. The workers want to celebrate in Istanbul’s most prominent square ; the government insists they do so elsewhere, far from sight. The standoff persists until the tear gas comes out. (...)
The rhetoric based on national security allow Erdogan Government to advance its authoritarian agenda, including the banning of strikes and protests.
“Now, on the basis of State of Emergency we instantly intervene in any place where there is threat of strike. We say no, we don’t let any strike (...)
After weeks of moral preparation, diplomatic pressure and massive disinformation, the Turkish state has finally attacked the predominantly Kurdish enclave of Afrin, located in north-western Syria. Skilfully playing on the cleavages between Washington and Moscow, the Turkish President has (...)
Erdoğan’s would-be dictatorship is anything but stable. Here’s a look at the contradictions and fractures roiling Turkish society.
The power of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears limitless. It seems the Turkish president will rule forever.
The events since last April’s referendum supposedly confirm this (...)
Left Voice recently spoke with Foti Benlisoy of Başlangıç Dergisi, a socialist organization in Turkey, to discuss the political context and changing dynamics between Turkey and the U.S. in the wake of upcoming elections.
The sign in the image reads “The watchdog of American imperialism, 6th (...)
The Erdogan regime is developing into a dictatorship that undermines human rights and that instigates reprisals on any who do not co-operate. The year 2015 saw massive reprisals against the Kurdish population. The army attacked numerous Kurdish towns and villages, many of which were shelled by (...)
The repression of academics in Turkey is worsening, writes Scott McLemee, who describes the growing international protest on behalf of such scholars and how one might join it.
Peaceful protest carries no guarantee against violence. In mid-May, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, came (...)
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