Nation Alliance

October 3, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Erdogan is Here to Stay

The Turkish president has adopted a transactional policy with the West. Washington should respond in kind.

May 29, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Why Did Erdogan Win?

The opposition chose the wrong candidate and ran a poor campaign.

May 17, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s 2023 Elections: The Anticipated Happened?

Expectation management should have guided analysts’ analysis, which unfortunately gave way to them becoming cheerleaders for the political opposition.

May 16, 2023 | |

Turkish Election Goes to Runoff With Erdogan Leading Comfortably

Turkey’s presidential election is headed to a runoff since neither the incumbent nor his challenger could secure the majority of votes in the first round of voting on May 14. The...

April 28, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

What If Erdogan Wins Next Month’s Turkish Elections?

Should Erdogan be re-elected next month, many will inevitably ask “whose fault is this” and “what comes next?”

March 14, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Erdogan grasps desperately for Kurdish votes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the number of political parties affiliated with his “People’s Alliance” to include a far-right Islamist party: Huda Par, a religiously...

March 8, 2023 | |

Turkey’s Opposition Picks Candidate to Challenge Erdogan

Latest Developments An alliance of six parties joined together on Monday to nominate the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, as its candidate for president in the May 14...

January 20, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Ekrem Imamoglu Is the Best Chance for Turkish Democracy

If the opposition is interested in seeing Turkey restore democracy and the rule of law, it would do well to nominate Imamoglu as its candidate.

October 20, 2022 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Opposition Is Paving Erdogan’s Path to Victory

Turkey’s political opposition has a public responsibility to challenge Erdogan and provide voters with an alternate vision, but it has refused to do so.

August 20, 2022 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Erdogan Is Down But Not Out

What does the opposition coalition stand for beyond defeating Erdogan? The answer to this is unclear.

June 24, 2022 | Sinan Ciddi |

Erdogan Announces Presidential Candidacy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week formally announced his candidacy for re-election to a third consecutive term. The announcement aims to compel the Nation Alliance, an electoral coalition...

July 30, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Sude Akgundogdu

Erdogan Escalates Turkish Campaign to Disenfranchise Six Million Pro-Kurdish Voters

Disenfranchising over 6 million pro-Kurdish voters and pushing some 40,000 party members out of democratic channels will hammer the final nail in the coffin of Turkey’s struggling democracy.

June 26, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Elections: A Win That Cannot Be Stolen

Turkey will go to the polls Sunday to elect both its president and the members of its 600-seat parliament. Confronted by a looming economic crisis as well as pressure from his allies on...

June 22, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Elections: A Win That Cannot Be Stolen

Turkey will go to the polls Sunday to elect both its president and the members of its 600-seat parliament. Confronted by a looming economic crisis as well as pressure from his allies on the far r...