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How will young, urban people vote in Turkey’s next elections DENİZ ZEYREK

How will young, urban people vote in Turkey’s next elections?

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a warning to officials of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at a meeting last week.

April 13 2018
Opposition alliance seeking ‘magical formula’ DENİZ ZEYREK

Opposition alliance seeking ‘magical formula’

Despite still not knowing whether or not general and presidential elections will be held on time in 2019, Turkish politics has already entered an election atmosphere.Despite still not knowing whether or not general and presidential elections will be held on time in 2019, Turkish politics has already entered an election atmosphere. 

March 30 2018
Three pieces of evidence showing the YPG ran away at the last minute DENİZ ZEYREK

Three pieces of evidence showing the YPG ran away at the last minute

The popular notion when the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) started “Operation Olive Branch” was that urban combat would be next in line after the army took over the countryside. However, that did not happen. In a few days, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants fled Afrin.

March 20 2018
The alliance package and beyond DENİZ ZEYREK

The alliance package and beyond

As commentators focus on the alliance between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) and its political consequences, the content of the 26-article legislative package, which is currently on the parliamentary agenda, continues to baffle and perplex.

March 09 2018
A classic Cold War game revives: Changing street names DENİZ ZEYREK

A classic Cold War game revives: Changing street names

Between 1996 and 2010 I worked on the fourth floor of the building that houses the Ankara bureaus of daily newspapers Milliyet and Vatan.

February 16 2018
How did ‘Operation Olive Grove’ turn into ‘Operation Euphrates Shield’ DENİZ ZEYREK

How did ‘Operation Olive Grove’ turn into ‘Operation Euphrates Shield?’

We first heard about “Operation Olive Grove” on Jan. 24, 2018 when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech to neighborhood heads (muhtars) at the presidential complex in Beştepe in the capital Ankara.

January 28 2018
Turkey has too many eggs in the Russian basket DENİZ ZEYREK

Turkey has too many eggs in the Russian basket

I should note first of all that it is certainly in the interests of both countries for Turkey–Russia relations to develop in a healthy balance. I do not agree with the idea that developing bilateral ties with Moscow is categorically wrong.

December 29 2017
How many spies does it take to disclose a secret DENİZ ZEYREK

How many spies does it take to disclose a secret?

The legal case in which Can Dündar, editor in-chief of daily Cumhuriyet, Erdem Gül, Cumhuriyet’s Ankara representative, and Enis Berberoğlu, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) lawmaker, are being tried has reached such a point that it can be studied in law and communications schools.

December 22 2017
Opposition parties speculate early elections will be held DENİZ ZEYREK

Opposition parties speculate early elections will be held

Being a journalist based in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, enables you to have access to all of the country’s political parties.

December 19 2017