https://mena-studies.org/tags/akp/Recent content in AKP on MENA Research CenterHugoen-GBSun, 28 Sep 2025 19:34:35 +0200https://mena-studies.org/islamism-versus-civil-society-in-turkey-and-brussels-pays-the-bill/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:25:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/islamism-versus-civil-society-in-turkey-and-brussels-pays-the-bill/When Erdoğan came to power in 2002, he promised a “more advanced democracy.” Two decades later, that promise lies in ruins. Turkey’s political system has been stripped down to a crude majoritarian model, while every mechanism of democratic participation has…https://mena-studies.org/a-new-wave-of-censorship-looms-in-turkey/Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:38:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/a-new-wave-of-censorship-looms-in-turkey/Turkey’s strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not among the twelve million citizens who regularly use Spotify. At least, he has never given the impression that he spends mornings browsing playlists. Yet even for him, the platform offers something: his supporters…https://mena-studies.org/show-trials-in-turkey-the-repression-of-the-chp-takes-an-authoritarian-turn/Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:11:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/show-trials-in-turkey-the-repression-of-the-chp-takes-an-authoritarian-turn/They are images more familiar from mafia trials or authoritarian regimes: dozens of men in handcuffs, marching in single file, held by police officers on both arms—paraded through the gates of a courthouse before rolling cameras. But these are not suspected…https://mena-studies.org/turkey-the-future-of-the-akp-will-be-decided-in-anatolia/Wed, 21 May 2025 13:18:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/turkey-the-future-of-the-akp-will-be-decided-in-anatolia/Konya – for many in Turkey, the name of this central Anatolian city stands for more than just a geographic location. It is a symbol of conservative values, religious piety, and unwavering loyalty to the ruling AKP. Konya evokes images of Mevlana Jalaluddin…https://mena-studies.org/new-charges-against-imamoglu/Tue, 06 May 2025 13:19:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/new-charges-against-imamoglu/The latest trial against prominent opposition politician and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu lasted less than an hour before the judge postponed further proceedings to June 16. “I’m here because I won the Istanbul elections three times,” İmamoğlu reportedly…https://mena-studies.org/whats-next-for-turkey/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:31:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/whats-next-for-turkey/“Erdoğan is our father, Turkey is our home.” This phrase has been scrawled on utility boxes, bridge pillars, and building walls in towns and cities across Turkey for years. More than mere flattery, it reflects a deeply rooted, cross-generational understanding…https://mena-studies.org/western-reactions-to-turkish-repression/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:58:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/western-reactions-to-turkish-repression/The dramatic arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu during a pre-dawn raid marks a new low in Turkey’s ongoing departure from democratic principles. Observers and critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan see the move as a deliberate attempt to sideline…