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The Future of Turkish Democracy: Assessing Local Election Outcomes
Speakers: Murat Yetkin, Soli Ozel, Omer Taspinar
Date: 4.1.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Columnist and Ankara Bureau Chief, Radikal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results and Trends of the Recent Election Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Limits, Message, Results, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Local Elections, Majority Party, Opposition Groups, Targeted Districts, Democratic Society Party (DTP), Republican People's Party (CHP), Decline, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Justice and Development Party (AKP)
 
Larger Messages of the Election Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Opposition Parties, Potential, Deniz Baykal, Messages, Adbullah Gül, Spread of Parties
 
 
 
Soli Ozel
Editor, Private View
Editor, Turkish edition of Foreign Policy

 

 

 

 

 

The Continuance of Turkish Democracy is Possible Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Justice and Development Party (AKP), Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Social Welfare State, Democracy, Fragmented State, Clear Divisions, Kurdistan Region, Moderate Islamic Region, Voters Message, Opposition Party
 
Analysis of the Election and the Turkish Electorate Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Common Interests, Opposition Party, Justice and Development Party (AKP), Military, Turkish Electorate, Economic Crisis, Istanbul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Modern Society, Ideology, Kurdish Vote, Kurdish Identity, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Turkish Nationalism, Corruption, Political Fragmentation
 
 
 
Omer Taspinar, Moderator
Director, the Turkey Project, the Brookings Institute
Author, "Political Islam and Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey"
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reaction to Speakers Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Circumstances, Polarization, Victimization, Reactionary Vote, 2007 Memorandum, Justice and Development Party (AKP), Municipalities, Economic Crisis, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Goals, Desperation, Populist Party, current Government, Identity Politics, Nationalism, Military, Democracy
 
 
 
Question and Answer Part 1 Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
European Union (EU), President Obama, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Corruption, Foreign Relations, American Foreign Policy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, President Abdullah Gül, World Trade Organization (WTO), Cooperation, Iraq, Bilateral Talks
 
Question and Answer Part 2 Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Justice and Development Party (AKP), Fragments, Constituencies, Communication, Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Democratic Society Party (DTP), National Party, Armenian Genocide, Legislation, U.S. Interests, Relations, Armenia, Secular, Religion, Definition, Felicity Party, Ideology, Symbolism
 
Question and Answer Part 3 Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Economic situation, Damage, Lessons, Grand Coalition, Justice and Development Party (AKP), Elections, Fear, Management, Lack of Opposition, Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Legitimacy, Complicated, Kurdish Issue, Secularist Position, Candidates, Opposition Leaders
 
Question and Answer Part 4 Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Opposition, Democratic Society Party (DTP), Republican People's Party (CHP), Western Kurds, Eastern Kurds, Voting Trends, Relations, Iraqi Kurds, Kurdistan, Regional Government, Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkey Security Forces, Arab-Israeli Peace Process, Palestinians, Hamas, U.S. Relations, Collaboration, Israeli Domestic Politics
 
Question and Answer Part 5 Video pop-up  Video no pop-up
New Party Movement, Justice and Development Party (AKP), Opposition, Eastern Mediterranean Union, President Obama, Relations, United States, Armenian Genocide Issue, Options, Kurdish Politics, Dynamics

 

 

 

 

 

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