Iran has often seemed to be on the brink of democracy. During the twentieth century, the country experienced three major political upheavals: the Constitutional Revolution of 1905–11, the oil nationalization movement of 1951–53 and [ More … ]
It’s been tried before. The results were mixed. Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), isn’t just consolidating power before his probable ascent to the throne. He’s also trying to remake Saudi society. [ More … ]
Civil unrest has been gradually growing over recent months, initially sparked by the death of a fishmonger Around 50 protesters were arrested following violent clashes with Moroccan police in the northern city of Al-Hoceima during [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) third extraordinary congress is going to be held tomorrow. Although the AK Party, first established 16 years ago, held no extraordinary congress in its first 14 [ More … ]
CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu and MHP’s Bahçeli to meet on Wednesday before second round of voting on constitutional reform package Leaders of the opposition parties, Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have agreed to [ More … ]
Turkish President Erdoğan says he hopes the constitutional reform talks will be completed this week Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday early elections would not be out of the question if parliament becomes [ More … ]
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