All News on Politics in Turkey
People have refused presidential system, demand coalition gov't: Turkish PM
In his first comprehensive statement after the June 7 general election, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has stressed that the Turkish people have closed the door on the presidential system and called for parties to form a coalition government. He added that he has no red lines on such a partnership and will hold ?genuine talks? with other parties to this end.
Turkey's HDP says PKK's jailed leader 'ready to make a call for disarmament'
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said it was open to all options for a coalition government other than with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and that President Tayyip Erdo?an should remain within his constitutional limits.
HDP co-chair urges resumption of peace process, says Öcalan 'is waiting'
Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), is the appropriate person to call on militants of his organization to lay down arms, Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said, urging for the resumption of talks in the stalled peace process.
All eyes on Ankara
By Costas Iordanidis
A different world lies beyond the walls of the eurozone, and it is unstable and full of risks. It is there that developments are taking place that may challenge what we defined as our key national interests up until a few years ago.
Turkey and the politics of national identity
'Turkey and the Politics of National Identity: Social, Economic and Cultural Transformation' edited by Shane Brennan and Marc Herzog (I.B. Tauris, 315 pages, £62)
Turkey's main opposition CHP should stick to its new strategy, but maybe not its leader
As scenarios for Turkey?s next coalition government fly around, the political parties are also in a process to assess the results of the June 7 election and working on strategies for the future.
A deafening silence at the Palace
The ?Palace,? as it has come to be proverbially known in the short space of time that it has started to be used, has fallen into what we might call with literary flair a ?deafening silence? following the elections.
Conciliation?
I heard an anecdote from former Health Minister Recep Akda?: In his constituency in the eastern province Erzurum, Akda? was conducting his campaign. One headman of a village told him, "Minister, in these elections, people will pull the government's ear." Akda? responded, "Good, but what if the ear you were supposed to pull is ripped off and you are left with an ear in your hand?"
Erdo?an's Baykal move before Davuto?lu's coalition talks
Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an, not Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, made the first political move after the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) lost its parliamentary majority in the recent election, meeting with Deniz Baykal, the former head of the social democratic Republican People?s Party (CHP) on June 10.
Analysis: How Turkey's social conservatives won the day for HDP
A data-based analysis by Erik Meyersson, an assistant professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, argues that the rise of Turkey?s Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) stems from the shift in conservative Kurdish votes, not the liberal Turkish ones.
Turkish NGO releases vote counting results
A voluntary group which worked to ensure vote security during the June 7 general election in Turkey compared its election results with the results released by the Turkish Supreme Election Board (YSK) and announced the number of false votes given for each party.
Ex-CHP MP joins US foreign policy foundation
Dr. Aykan Erdemir, a former member of the Turkish parliament from 2011 to 2015, has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) as a non-resident fellow, the foundation announced in a written statement on June 9.
European Parliament voices concerns over democracy and fundamental rights in Turkey
Turkey must put its reform process at the center of domestic policy choices and commit "unequivocally" to democratic rules and principles, which are at the heart of the EU, the European Parliament said in a resolution on the 2014 reform progress in Turkey, while members of European Parliament (MEP) particularly underlined their concerns over the independence, impartiality and efficiency of the
Election result raises political uncertainty and will further delay economic policy: Moody's
Credit rating agency Moody?s has said the result of the Turkish general election is credit negative for Turkey, as it raises political uncertainty in the short term and will further delay the implementation of economic policies. The agency has addressed the urgent need for the incoming government to retain investor confidence and implement key reforms.
HDP rally bomb attack suspect arrested in Turkey's southeast
A suspect who was detained on allegations of perpetrating a twin bomb attack on June 5 at a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r was arrested on June 10.