Today’s column will study the main opposition CHP's plan for foreign policy under the title “the vision for citizens and value-based foreign policy.”
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu outlined his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) election manifesto on April 15 with an ambitious goal of increasing his party’s votes to 55-60 percent, in order to achieve a good majority at parliament and thus be able to renew the constitution and adopt a presidential system.
An overall analysis would openly put that Turkey failed in its efforts to take an efficient stand against very well-orchestrated campaigns of the Armenian diaspora and the state of Armenia.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan went on two important visits to regional capitals over the last two months: The first was to Riyadh on March 2, while the other was to Tehran on April 7.
All political parties participating in the parliamentary elections set for June 7 submitted their lists of candidates to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on April 7.
One of the most visible characteristics of authoritarian rulers is restricting dissident voices through political pressure, curbing freedom of expression and imposing a crackdown on media outlets in order to silence any opposing voice.
On June 7, just 67 days from now, Turkey will go to the polls in what many in Ankara regard as one of the most crucial elections for the future of the country.
Along with the unrest in Syria and Libya, there are two other big ongoing regional armed conflicts in the Middle East.
Davutoğlu’s much-anticipated statement had two dimensions. First, he tried to downplay the rift with the president, stressing that there was “no chaos” and they were on the same page on the peace process. The second dimension, however, is an open contradiction of the first one.
