Dr. Salim Çevik

• Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
• Salim Çevik

Turkey’s Authoritarian Drift Accelerates: Istanbul Mayor Faces Imprisonment

Erdoğan’s government is tightening its grip on power, using the judiciary to sideline key opposition figures like Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. This represents another step toward full authoritarian rule, say Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik.

• Mehmet Yegin
• Salim Çevik

From Biden to Trump: Waning Turkish‑American Relationship Demands Greater European Engagement

doi:10.18449/2024C54

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• Salim Çevik

Turkey’s Reconciliation Efforts in the Middle East

Ambitions and Constraints in a Changing Regional Order

doi:10.18449/2024RP15

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• Salim Çevik
• Berk Esen

Turkey after the local elections: How Erdoğan‘s defeat could change domestic and foreign policy

Turkey’s political landscape is shifting. President Erdoğan and his AKP party suffered their biggest defeat in more than two decades at the country’s recent municipal elections. Turkey’s western allies will be looking to see whether the changing tide at home may affect Ankara’s foreign policy.

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• Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
• Yaşar Aydın
• Salim Çevik

Turkey’s New Cabinet

A Wind of Change in Turkish Politics?

doi:10.18449/2023C42

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• Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
• Salim Çevik

One man rule: What Erdoğan’s re-election means for Turkey’s political system and foreign policy

Turkey’s President Erdoğan is entering his third decade in power after winning a tightly contested run-off election. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik discuss how he managed to secure a third term, why the opposition failed to unseat the president and what the election results mean for Ankara’s relations with NATO allies, the EU and Germany.

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