Election threshold

Turkey’s Electoral Candidate Lists show more heterogeneity than dominant political culture…

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Today’s Electoral Candidate Lists Show Gezi Spectre Is Haunting Turkey The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya When people question the effectiveness of the massive Gezi Park protests of 2013, some of them even describe the demonstrations as an ultimately failed movement and I always give them two answers that complete each other: Erdoğan’s inner circle and his son in law … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: A minority report or basically Raping Democracy case: “New law to permit Turkish police to detain ?possible? protesters

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New law to permit Turkish police to detain ?possible? protesters A court?s order will not be necessary to detain ‘potential’ protesters with a new law ******************** Gezi protester died from tear gas canister, says forensic report A forensic medicine report confirmed that 22-year-old Abdullah Cömert was killed by a tear gas canister that hit his … Read more