Republican People's Party

February 13, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

Erdoğan’s fourth term, brought to you courtesy of Turkey’s Kurds?

Under current provisions, Turkey’s president can only hold office for two five-year terms

June 10, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Erdoğan reigns supreme at hypocrisy and double-speak

Erdoğan’s stance on the Gaza war is a façade, built on lies

April 11, 2024 | |

Turkey Initiates Trade War With Israel

Turkey announced on April 9 that it would ban certain exports to Israel until Jerusalem declares a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Ankara claimed that it put the ban in place after...

April 4, 2024 | Steven A. Cook, Sinan Ciddi

Post-Erdogan Turkey Is Finally Here

Last weekend’s elections offer a first glimpse of a political future beyond the reigning strongman.

March 21, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

How Turkey’s opposition media empowers Erdoğan

Complicity in perpetuating authoritarian rule has many faces. Undemocratic governance is propped up by politicians and big businesses as well as a complacent media ecosystem and...

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.

August 23, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

How Turkey’s opposition elite enabled Erdoğan and misled voters

Public intellectuals' unwillingness to own faults entrenches Erdogan's rule

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...

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...

December 15, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir

Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey

When powerful states and their proxies intensify religious persecution worldwide and democratic governments under a neo-isolationist spell look the other way, where can vulnerable religious minorities find...

November 5, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Streamers Colluded With Iran-Based Money Launderers: Amazon Subsidiary Twitch Should Take Action

Twenty-four hundred Turkish streamers have reportedly helped launder nearly $10 million for Iran-based credit card theft schemes through the Amazon subsidiary Twitch, a live streaming service that leads...

October 26, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, Aykan Erdemir

Erdogan’s Belligerence Has U.S., Greece Expanding Ties

Growing military cooperation offers Washington a hedge against Ankara and Moscow.

August 17, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey Turns to Taliban, But There is no More Airport Deal to Salvage

Turkey’s Erdogan hoped to secure another bargaining chip with the West by taking over running of Kabul’s international airport. Suddenly, it’s not looking so simple.

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.