Is this the end of Atatürk’s party?
[FREE TO READ] A campaign threatens to give President Erdoğan control of Turkey’s largest opposition force, started by the nation’s founder
Is this the end of Atatürk’s party?
What began in March with the arrest of Istanbul mayor İmamoğlu has turned into the possible evisceration of a Turkish institution that Atatürk once described as “a source of pride” & even, if apocryphally, his child
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Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’
[FREE TO READ] Özgür Özel says CHP will use ‘cunning’ ploys and protests to fight off lawsuits that could gut the party’s leadership
Interview: head of Turkey’s opposition accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’.
Özgür Özel says that CHP will use ‘cunning’ ploys and protests to fight off lawsuits that could gut CHP party leadership
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Turkey’s opposition head accuses Erdoğan of legal ‘coup’
[FREE TO READ] Özgür Özel says CHP will use ‘cunning’ ploys and protests to fight off lawsuits that could gut the party’s leadership
RÖPORTAJ...Türkiye’nin muhalefet lideri Erdoğan’ı ‘hukuki darbe’ ile suçladı.
Özgür Özel, CHP’nin yönetimini zayıflatabilecek davalara karşı ‘kurnaz’ hamleler ve protestolarla mücadele edeceklerini söyledi.”
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Turkish stocks fall after court ousts Istanbul opposition leadership
[FREE TO READ] Market move recalls investor panic following arrest of city mayor and presidential rival Ekrem İmamoğlu
Turkish stocks fall after court ousts Istanbul opposition leadership in a potentially landmark ruling that could hobble challengers to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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The culture war roiling one of Turkey’s top universities
[FREE TO READ] Complaints over state interference at Boğaziçi University trigger unrest that mirrors conflicts in US and Hungary
The culture war roiling Turkey’s elite Boğaziçi university
Its elegant grounds are home to battles that encapsulate broader Turkish travails - & mirror disputes in US & Hungary, where Trump & Orbán have also sought to bring top universities to heel
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Can Europe defend itself with less American help?
[FREE TO READ] The continent will have to spend more as Trump refocuses policy elsewhere. But replacing US military heft will not be easy
“One way or another, the Europeans are going to have to pick up more of the burden. The question is whether this will be a managed process or chaotic one”
In the age of Trump, a rising China and a revanchist Russia, our FT deep dive into whether Europe can defend itself
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