Turkey

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines the achievement of the largely Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the recent elections and its key role in the failure of the AKP.

MDC Senior Researcher Prof. Ofra Bengio argues that the imminent Turkish elections will likely decide whether Turkey remains democratic or veers towards an authoritarian system.

In this edition of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy, Dr. Paul Rivlin examines the interface between economic issues and politics in today's Turkey.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak deals with the Turkish government’s use of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli to divert the world’s attention from the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak explains the evolving state of relations between Iran and Turkey.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discuses the use of social media services to express outrage over a power outage in Turkey.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines the Turkish military operation to relocate the tomb of Süleyman Şah.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the perceptions of Islamophobia in Turkey, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the execution by the Islamic State of the captured Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasabeh.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak explains the evolving role of Diyanet, the office of religious affairs, in Turkey.