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Turkey heads for run-off election with Ogan the likely kingmaker

Turkey's 64 million plus registered voters will mobilise once again for the second round which will be held on 28 May

Omer Onhon 15 May 2023

The incumbent party of Erdoğan, the AKP, seems to have lost momentum, but it is still premature to make any definitive predictions at this stage.

Turks vote in crucial and symbolic election

It is the single most important election since the first multi-party election was held in 1946, and also comes on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic

Omer Onhon 14 May 2023

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, greets his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Izmir, Turkey April 29, 2023.

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Cengiz Çandar: Ending the Erdoğan era essential for Turkish democracy

These could be the last elections in the country if its president wins again, according to the influential advisor, pundit and journalist. Democracy itself and the Kurdish issue are the main factors.

Rustum Mahmud 11 May 2023

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Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu face off in tight race for Turkish presidency

Both candidates claim to have enough votes to win the presidential race in the first round and win most of the seats in the parliament. Will either man be able to achieve a landslide?

Omer Onhon 10 May 2023

A ballot box sits on a table at a polling station during the general election in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

Malaysia To Go To Polls on Nov. 19

Malaysia will hold a general election on Nov. 19, its election commission said on Thursday, in a contest that the ruling graft-tainted party hopes would strengthen its hold on power. Prime…

20 October 2022

Leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni holds a sign at the party's election night headquarters, in Rome, Italy September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Energy, Taxes, Pensions First Challenges For Italy's Meloni

Giorgia Meloni, widely expected to be named Italy's first woman prime minister after Sunday's elections, will have to tackle a raft of pressing economic problems as soon as her government takes…

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Jeanette Khouri 13 May 2022

Macron and Le Pen: Two Different Visions for France

Five years ago, Emmanuel Macron contested the presidential election with Marine Le Pen, but he now faces a much stronger challenge from the renewed leader of the far right. The second round of the…

Majalla 15 April 2022

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators calling to defund the police march during events to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, amid nationwide protests against racial inequality, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Democrats Disown Their Progressive Members

As the leaders of the Democratic Party look fearfully toward the midterm elections in November, many are recoiling from some of the left-wing progressives’ proposals that became prominent during the…

By Majalla – Washington 26 February 2022

Presidential Candidate Ajroudi Gives Speech to French People

French-Tunisian businessman Mohammed Ayachi Ajroudi, who is also a presidential candidate in the upcoming French elections, gave a speech yesterday to the French people, calling for making equality a…

Majalla 22 January 2022

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