Category Archives: CHP

‘Back to square one’: what downgrading of Turkey by PACE means for its relations

Posted on April 25, 2017 by

So, in a move that came as no surprise, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has voted to reopen a monitoring procedure against Turkey. It means a downgrading of the country’s status, in a way ‘moving it … Continue reading →

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Not unlikely at all: CHP’s ‘modernists’ may stage an uprising

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy — the political wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was clear in his statement that a final PKK declaration on withdrawal is impending. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister of … Continue reading →

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