Tag: Head of state

Turkish lira falls to record low after election

Türkiye The Turkish lira is at a record low. (Photo: Bloomberg) Turkey’s national currency, which had been weak for months, fell to a record low again after President Tayyip Erdogan’s…

Erdogan’s opponents are not giving up

Kemal Kilicdaroğlu The presidential candidate missed an absolute majority. (Photo: AP) Ankara Before the elections, his supporters called him the “Gandhi of Turkey”: opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu recorded his campaign…

Why so many predictions were wrong

After the presidential election in Turkey The race for the presidency between incumbent Erdogan and his challenger Kilicdaroglu was close – and the runoff will be in two weeks. (Photo:…

Why so many predictions were wrong

Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey However, many observers at home and abroad had not predicted that Erdogan would be so clearly ahead, at least in the first ballot. (Photo:…

Why so many predictions were wrong

Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey However, many observers at home and abroad had not predicted that Erdogan would be so clearly ahead, at least in the first ballot. (Photo:…

Nerve thriller about counting in Turkey election

Ankara The outcome of the election in Turkey is uncertain even hours after the polling stations have closed. Conflicting information about the first counts in the parliamentary and presidential elections…

Nerve thriller about counting in Turkey election

Ankara Conflicting information about the first projections for the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey has caused criticism of the Turkish state media. According to Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, opposition…

Erdogan wants to replace this alliance

Istanbul Today, more than 60 million Turks are voting for their parliament and the country’s future president. The challenger to incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the left-wing CHP,…

Erdogan’s great danger: the Kurdish politician Demirtas

Selahattin Demirtas before his imprisonment Captured but not silenced: the pro-Kurdish politician mobilizes his supporters against Erdogan from prison. (Photo: AP) Istanbul Selahattin Demirtas has not appeared in public for…