Yaşlı: The worst is yet to come
Fatih Yaşlı in Birgün writes that at first glance, the terror attack in Ankara on March 13 would appear to have been “wrong and a mistake” from the view point of PKK, which has also been pointed out by...
View ArticleIs Erdoğan Turkey’s Only Problem?
By Halil Karaveli April 5, 2016 The outsize personality of President Erdoğan obscures the systemic dynamics that sustain his exercise of power. Erdoğan’s push for an executive presidency corresponds to...
View ArticleBaşlangıç: The military ordered CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu to support Erdogan
Celal Başlangıç in Haberdar notes that AKP is taking action in parliament to strip especially the HDP parliamentarians of their immunity. CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that the move “is...
View ArticleAksoy: The need for a democratic coalition against the state
Murat Aksoy in Haberdar writes that politics in Turkey has historically not been defined by the left-right axis, but by an axis of change-status quo. And but for a few exceptions, politics in Turkey...
View ArticleTurkey is Yet to “Conquer” its History
By Halil Karaveli June 6, 2016 The celebration of the conquest of Constantinople 1453 is an expression of Turkey’s quest for purity. The “ideology of conquest,” the need to symbolically and repeatedly...
View ArticleCemal: Turkey’s dangerous Islamist-Nationalist alliance
Hasan Cemal in t24 notes that Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has stated that 1915 was “an ordinary event, something that happened during the First World War, and which was something that can happen in...
View ArticleErdoğan’s Dilemma: Preserving the Nationalist Alliance or Making Peace
By Nicholas Danforth October 17th, 2016, The Turkey Analyst Turkey's July 15 coup attempt has transformed the country's politics, and notably it has deepened a dangerous pre-existing dilemma. President...
View ArticleThe “Logic” of Turkey’s Repression
By Halil Karaveli November 10th, 2016, The Turkey Analyst What is the logic behind the arrests of Kurdish politicians and of liberal and leftist journalists in Turkey? From the perspective of the...
View ArticleWalking for Justice: The Path Forward for Turkey’s Opposition
by Halil Karaveli June 22, 2017 With his call for justice, which is a concept and a call that resonates among vast swathes of the population, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has positioned himself as...
View ArticleTurkey's Emergency Election: The Primacy of Raison d'etat
By Halil Karaveli May 2, 2018 It is not President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “power hunger” that accounts for Turkey’s snap presidential and general election. Instead, raison d’état is behind this event,...
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