Turkey

MDC Junior Researcher Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the outcome of the November elections in Turkey, and argues that the Turkish people chose economic stability and security over perceived chaos, even at the expense of perceived authoritarianism.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the reactions on Turkish social media to the recent parliamentary elections.

MDC Senior Researcher Professor Ofra Bengio discusses the current rift between the Kurdish community of Turkey and the Turkish state.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak discusses the role that Turkish social media have in regards to the Islamic State.

Visiting scholar Ahmet K. Han examines the effects of Prime Minister Erdogan and President Davutoglu on Turkey's seemingly convoluted and opaque foreign policy.

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.