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Turkey’s dancing, smiling, singing TV election
This campaign has some of the most inspiring – and the most bizarre – television spots of any Turkish election. Here’s what stood out the most. HDP (Peoples’ Democracy Party) Turkey’s main Kurdish...
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That ORC poll – and whether it means anything
A government-friendly pollster has flouted Turkey’s ban on opinion polls – as it said it would. The results are still interesting. The ORC polling company has flouted Turkey’s ban on opinion polls – as...
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The cost of food
One factor that will affect Turkish voting intention this weekend is how much voters pay to feed themselves In all the bluster about the executive presidency and the 10% threshold, it can be easy to...
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Violence in Diyarbakır
Two explosions strike the largest Kurdish party in the largest Kurdish city The scene after the explosion (Piotr Zalewski on Twitter) The HDP’s grand finale, a rally in the de facto Kurdish capital of...
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Turkey’s coalition options
If the pro-Kurdish HDP crosses the 10% electoral threshold tomorrow, we could be facing the exciting prospect of multi-party government in Turkey. Turkey’s last coalition was a...
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LIVE: Turkey votes 2015
This live event has ended Read back on election day commentary from Twitter’s @hasavrat, as well as the results and analysis from Michael Daventry as posted through the night. The post LIVE: Turkey...
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What on earth is Devlet Bahçeli thinking?
The nationalists hold the key to Turkey’s first coalition government this century. They want to throw it away. The AK Party shed votes and seats aplenty at this election, and not all of them to...
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Davutoğlu’s moment
The prime minister should use this election result to wrest control of Turkey’s most successful centre-right party “Defeat in victory” is the best way to describe Sunday’s election result for the AK...
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Abdullah Gül: will he? Won’t he?
A political memoir causes a buzz in Ankara and offers hints – but only hints – that the Turkish ex-president’s gardening leave isn’t permanent This website is a great fan of speculation when it comes...
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Who shall speak unto nation?
The 2015 election ends and the Great Coalition Scramble begins by voting for the new parliament speaker That’s it, folks. Turkey’s election is officially over. A little over two weeks after people in...
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