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  • While Turkey's opposition has been in deadlock since losing the elections, many of its supporters are suffering from post-election stress. As Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AKP turn their attentions to the 2024 local elections, their rivals remain preoccupied with infighting.
    Turkey's 2024 local elections

    How to win against Erdogan's AKP?

    While Turkey's opposition has been in deadlock since losing the elections, many of its supporters are suffering from post-election stress. As Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling AKP turn their attentions to the 2024 local elections, their rivals remain preoccupied with infighting. Ayse Karabat reports from Istanbul

  • LGBTQ+ rights in Turkey

    Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric intensifies

    During this year's election campaigns, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vilified the LGBTQ+ community in an attempt to strengthen his support among conservative voters and drive a wedge between the parties of the opposition alliance. Now the government wants to introduce constitutional amendments that rights groups fear would further marginalise LGBTQ+ people. By Ayşe Karabat

  • The Turkish opposition was defeated in Sunday's run-off elections, with candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu failing to unseat long-time ruler Erdogan, who is now to rule the country for another five years. But the president is hardly a victor.
    Turkey election fallout

    Erdogan no winner, despite opposition defeat

    The Turkish opposition was defeated in the run-off, with candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu failing to unseat long-time ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who will rule the country for another five years. But the president is hardly the winner. Ayse Karabat reports from Istanbul

  • Turkey election fallout

    Voting for the devil you know

    Three crises – including the economy and earthquakes – likely counted towards Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election win. That and the fact that all the means of the Turkish state were at his disposal during campaigning. By Erkan Arikan

  • The run-off between Turkish presidential candidates Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu will take place on 28 May. Why were so many surprised by the initial outcome? And why the opposition's sudden political shift to the right?
    Turkey election run-off

    Too much politics of fear from Kilicdaroglu?

    Turkey's presidential run-off between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu takes place on 28 May. Why were so many surprised by the initial outcome? And why the opposition's sudden political shift to the right? Political scientist Berk Esen talks to Ceyda Nurtsch

  • Elections in Turkey

    Turkish nationalists on the rise

    Neither Erdogan's botched response to the February quakes nor the ailing economy seem to have hurt his popularity with supporters. The president is still capable of turning things around, says Erkan Arikan

  • Retired civil servant Kemal Kilicdaroglu has pushed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into an election runoff – the first of the country's post-Ottoman history.
    Turkish elections

    Turkey's Erdogan pushed to historic run-off

    Retired civil servant Kemal Kilicdaroglu has pushed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into an election runoff – the first of the country's post-Ottoman history. It was a bittersweet result that left the opposition leader's supporters frustrated following a heated night of vote counting

  • In the presidential and parliamentary elections coming up on 14 May, one in five eligible voters will be under the age of 30. What does Generation Z want, and will it end up deciding the elections?
    Turkish elections

    Can Turkey's Gen Z tip the scales?

    In Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May, one in five eligible voters will be under the age of 30. What does Generation Z want, and will it end up deciding the elections? By Ceyda Nurtsch

  • Some 5.2 million young Turks will vote for the first time in the May 14 presidential and legislative elections, and they could be key to deciding the country’s future.
    Generation Erdogan

    More than 5 million young Turks to vote for the first time

    Some 5.2 million young Turks will vote for the first time in the May 14 presidential and legislative elections, and they could be key to deciding the country’s future

  • Elections in Turkey

    The end of the Erdogan era?

    As polling day on 14 May approaches, opinion polls put Turkey's opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ahead of President Erdogan. Could this mean that Erdoğan's time at the helm of the nation is almost over? An analysis by Yasar Aydin

  • Erdogan's supporters holding up his picture amid a sea of Turkish flags at a rally in Germany The Turkish diaspora in Germany is traditionally a strong voter base for Erdogan.
    Germany's Turkish diaspora

    Why Turks in Germany still vote for Erdogan

    Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing an uphill re-election battle, but if the vote took place in Germany, he'd win. Burak Unveren asks why do so many Turks in Germany continue to support the Turkish president?

  • Some 90% of Turks feel Syrian refugees should return home.
    Syrian refugees in Turkey

    A hot button election issue, now more than ever

    Turkey has taken in about 5.5 million refugees, many of them Syrians. Ahead of the May 14 parliamentary and presidential elections, almost all parties say they would send Syrians back if elected. By Elmas Topcu

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