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Conspiracy Theories, Election Campaigns and Voter Perception
Dr. Erol Sağlam, Seren Selvin Korkmaz, Gülşen Doğan, Nevzat Taşçı

This research examines voter orientations at the intersection of conspiracy theories and election campaigns prior to the May 14, 2023 elections. For this purpose, it delves into how the growing visibi...

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Party-State Relations in Turkey: Analysis of Political Parties Law and Policy Recommendations
Assoc. Prof. Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi

In this policy note, Assoc. Prof. Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi comparatively analyzes the Political Parties Law in Turkey based on the recent discussions in the relevant literature and comes up with...

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Electoral Systems in Turkey and Recommendations for a New Electoral System
Dr. Esra İşsever-Ekinci

In this policy paper, Dr. Esra İşsever-Ekinci evaluates the existing electoral systemin Turkey as well as the curre...

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Administration and Inspection of Elections: Recommendations for Free and Fair Elections
Assoc. Prof. Didem Yılmaz

(The policy note is available only in Turkish.)...

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Women’s Political Participation in Turkey: Obstacles and Experiences

Research team: Dr. Bengi Ruken Cengiz, Gülçin Karabağ, Gülşen Doğan (The research report is available only in Turkish.)...

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Policy Suggestions on the Structure and Efficiency of Turkish Court of Accounts
Uğur Tabak

(The policy note is available only in Turkish.)...

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Populism at the Intersection of Religion and Nationalism
Dr. Bilge Yabancı

(The analysis is available only in Turkish.)...

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Is the Populism Moment Coming to an End?
Dr. Gülfem Saydan Sanver

The populists and antidemocratic leaders have dominated the political landscape for the past decade.However, populist leaders Donald Trump in the U.S. and Netanyahu in Israel were defeated in the rece...

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Policy Suggestions on the Parliamentary Procedure for Empowering Turkish Parliament
Assoc. Prof. Didem Yılmaz

(The policy note is available only in Turkish.)...

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Green Constitution in the face of the Ecological Crisis
Dr. Serkan Köybaşı

We are in a global ecological crisis. The ecosystem of the earth is collapsing. Scientific works and the changes taking place in the environment reveal that this crisis is no longer deniable. The inad...

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Health Policies of Populists During COVID-19 Pandemic
Didem Seyis

Various claims have been made as to whether populist regimes will succeed in dealing with the pandemic. Particularly in the first period of the pandemic, all populists were ...

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Rethinking the System of Government in Turkey

In the course of the processes of democratisation, institutions play a crucial role. Democracies can function effectively and overcome existential crises to the extent that th...

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Reinstatement of Rule of Law in Turkey: Proposals for an Independent and Impartial Judiciary
Assoc. Prof. Demirhan Burak Çelik

In the course of the processes of democratisation, institutions play a crucial role. Democracies can function effectively and overcome existential crises to the extent that they are institutionalised....

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A New System of Government for Turkey: Problems and Proposed Solutions
Prof. Dr. Şule Özsoy Boyunsuz, Dr. Berk Esen

In the course of the processes of democratisation, institutions play a crucial role. Democracies can function effectively and overcome existential crises to the extent that they are institutionalised....

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Politics on Women under Populism and Autocratization
Dr. Bilge Yabancı

In this analysis, Dr. Bilge Yabancı investigates the relationship between right-wing populism and women through illustrative examples from Turkey and Poland. The paper examines the transformative impa...

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The Populist Challenge to American Democracy: Deciphering the US Election Outcome
Selin Nasi

Joe Biden's victory against President Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential race freshened the democratic faith that a populist can actually be defeated through the ballot box. Moreover, the existe...

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The Future of Democracy and Public Sphere After COVID-19
Dr. Gülfem Saydan Sanver

Governments around the world have used a variety of methods to prevent and control COVID-19 pandemic. The efficiency of those methods has created a public debate on the capacity of the states and...

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The Attitudes Towards Syrian Refugees in Istanbul

Our research "The Attitudes Towards Syrian Refugees in Istanbul", undertaken in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Turkey Representation and TÜSES has been completed. Research Team: E...

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CPS (2) Event Report: Political Demands and Institutional Limits in Latin America

The event report of our second Contemporary Politics Seminar that was held with the participation of Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu, Mert Arslanalp, Zeynep Gambetti and Umut Aydın, and moderated by Prof. Mine Ed...

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Contemporary Politics Seminars (1): US Elections, New Quests and the Future of Populism

The first of the Contemporary Politics Seminars that we co-organize with Boğaziçi University Human Development Center was organised on November 13, 2019 at Boğaziçi University. FOTO ...

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