PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TURKEYAGENCYGROUP09EBSCO_bspFdch Regulatory Intelligence Database
This paper examines the politics of presidential elections in Turkey with particular reference to the 10 August 2014 presidential elections. It starts by scrutinising the change in the presidential election system from parliamentary to direct popular vote. It then probes the implementation of the new ...
Presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled to take place on May 14. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Michael Rubin, a Middle East expert for the American Enterprise Institute, who has written extensively about Erdogan, said if Kilicdaroglu dislodges Erdogan, "It would absolutely be a good thing...
ISTANBUL, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday night declared his victory in a live broadcast on TV, citing unofficial preliminary results of the elections. "Our nation has given us the duty of presidency and the head of the executive branch," Erdogan said in...
He said: "If our nation has made its choice in favour of the second round of the election, then that is also welcome. "We strongly believe that we will continue to serve our nation for the next five years." Read more: Why Turkey's president is now favourite in election...
The elections, which were earlier scheduled for fall 2019, are important as a new executive presidency agreed in a referendum will come into force. On April 16, 2017, Turkey held a referendum during which the majority of voters decided in favor of an 18-article bill to switch from a parlia...
ANKARA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Turkey will hold early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018, instead of the scheduled date in November 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara on Wednesday. His statement came after a meeting with the Nationalist Movement Party...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years , was locked in a tight election race early Monday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible
Turks will cast their votes on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections, which will be followed by the biggest change in Turkey's political system in more than half a century as the country will shift to an executive presidency.
Officials count ballots at a polling station during presidential and parliament elections in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, May 14, 2023.Bloomberg In contrast with mainstream economic thinking, Erdogan contends that high interest rates fuel inflation, and he pressured the Central...