The democracy developed in the West, discourses such as the superiority of law, freedoms and human rights, are primarily discourse developed for Western societies. By: Yusuf Kaplan* What’s certain is that the West took democracy, [ More … ]
By: Nagehan Alci* Turkey has entered a new period of five years with the presidential and parliamentary elections held on June 24. During this period, a new system will come into effect, in which the [ More … ]
Erdoğan and the AK Party are heading for victory in the presidential and parliamentary elections, according to unofficial data Unofficial results from Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections show incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his [ More … ]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cast his vote on Sunday in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Erdoğan voted at the Saffet Çebi Middle School in Istanbul’s Üsküdar at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time. He was accompanied [ More … ]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Sunday that no discrepancies were reported during the elections so far. The delegation started its on-site observation in Lieutenant Kalmaz Primary School in capital [ More … ]
Dr Said Elhaj* Millions of Turkish voters are heading to the polls on June 24 to take part in the early presidential and parliamentary elections which are viewed as the most important, sensitive and complicated [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* As we rapidly head toward the June 24 elections, though the harsh criticisms made by presidential candidates about one another drop to a frustrating level at times, we can consider it from [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül Foreign Affairs magazine published an issue with the cover reading, “Is democracy dying?” Based on the regress and weakening of democracy worldwide, the theme “the end of the period of democracy” is [ More … ]
Turks living abroad cast the first votes in the June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday, officially starting the election race of candidates and Turkish political parties. Voting began at airports and border gates [ More … ]
Despite Al-Sisi’s words on respecting political diversity and differences, Egypt’s opposition was attacked by thugs during Ramadan party. Egyptian opposition figures said Wednesday that assailants attacked a Ramadan party they hosted in Cairo, pelting them with plates [ More … ]
On May 23, Labor Unions’ elections started in Egypt after 12 years of its suspension amid accusations that the Egyptian government is excluding independent labor organizations’ leaders from the electoral race in a bid to have the [ More … ]
Four main Libyan political leaders attended a peace conference in Paris on Tuesday and agreed to hold elections in December Libyan rival factions agreed on Tuesday to hold elections on 10 December. The agreement was [ More … ]
Lebanese lawmakers designated Prime Minister Saad Hariri for a third term in office Thursday, less than three weeks after elections that saw his movement lose ground in parliament. “The head of state summoned prime minister [ More … ]
Preliminary results suggest potential coalition government by Hezbollah-Amal coalition and Free Patriotic Movement. The political coalition of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement is leading in preliminary results from Sunday’s Lebanese general elections. The coalition is [ More … ]
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s parliamentary group officially announced on Friday that its candidate for the upcoming presidential elections on June 24 would be Muharrem İnce, its Yalova deputy Muharrem İnce: is a [ More … ]
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