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Local elections in Turkey took place throughout the country's 81 provinces on 31 March 2024. [1] A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,363 district municipal mayors, alongside 1,282 provincial and 21,001 municipal councilors were elected, in addition to numerous local non-partisan positions such as neighborhood representatives and elderly people's councils.
After World War II, Turkey started operating under a multi-party system. On the center right to right side of the Turkish political spectrum, these parties have had large majorities: Democrat Party (DP) (Formed in 1945, shut down after the 1960 coup d'etat) Justice Party (AP) (Formed in 1961, shut down after the 1980 coup d'etat)
Academics are now discussing "Turkey's democracy collapse" [245] and its "authoritarian turn". [246] It has been argued that solid political position encourage leaders to crack down and double down on oppositions parties while less secure governing groups are more inclined into deescalation and appeasement. [247]
Anti-migrant sentiment, economic woes and political pressures are leading some of the 3.3 millions Syrians living in Turkey to plan a return to Syria or seek shelter in Europe, according to ...
Turkey's spy chief has met a delegation from the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Ankara and discussed the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, state broadcaster TRT said on Friday. Ibrahim ...
Ties between them have long been strained by issues ranging from Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems to U.S. support for a Kurdish militia in Syria that Ankara regards as a ...
Kurdish ethnic revival appeared in the 1970s when Turkey was racked with left-right clashes and the Marxist PKK was formed demanding a Kurdish state. [58] PKK declared its objective as the liberation of all parts of Kurdistan from colonial oppression and establishment of an independent, united, socialist Kurdish state.
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