Tag: CHP

Turkey elections: Why is the pro-Kurdish HDP going it alone? [They Aren’t]

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Turkey elections: Why is the pro-Kurdish HDP going it alone?

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Turkey: While Erdogan bargains with the USA, the Turkish opposition makes friends with the US elites

Turkish experts argue that the Turkish opposition is trying to use its proximity to the West to ensure its victory in next June’s presidential elections by wagering on the population’s desire to see Turkey as a Western country.

Visit From US Ambassador To Ankara Jeff Flake To HDP And Iyi Party

There’s no shame in the ambassador! Jeff Flake made consecutive visits to the Good Party and HDP (original)

Why is the Turkish opposition demanding early elections?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Why is the Turkish opposition demanding early elections?

Everyone knows that at election time people are preoccupied with domestic politics and attention is diverted from what is happening regionally and internationally. Turkey is focused on some serious regional issues at the moment, such as the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the dispute with Greece over maritime sovereignty.

I wonder: has somebody in the international community whispered in Kilicdaroglu’s ear telling him to demand early elections in order to distract Erdogan and Turkey with domestic issues, leaving the field free elsewhere?