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31 05, 2023

Another landslide for Erdoğan and resilience of competitive authoritarianism: the runoff presidential elections in Turkey

2023-05-31T19:19:22+01:00May 31st, 2023|

By Hakan Yavuzyılmaz (Başkent University) On May 28th Turkish voters once again headed to polls to cast their votes for runoff presidential elections. The results of the first round and results of the legislative elections significantly demoralized the opposition camp. Contrary to the expectations, People’s Alliance’s candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received 49.5% of the votes [...]

29 05, 2023

SGPP Conference (Kazakhstan)

2023-06-01T07:10:31+01:00May 29th, 2023|

Keynote speech on "Crisis of Representative Democracy: Causes, Consequences and Remedies?" at the 7th International Conference of the Graduate School of Public Policy (GSPP) in the Nazarbayev University (Astana). View PROGRAM

22 05, 2023

Workshop in UK

2023-05-22T17:24:32+01:00May 22nd, 2023|

WFD workshop on "The role of political parties in building resilience in an age of democratic decline".

22 05, 2023

Turkey’s May 14th Elections: A competitive yet unfair contest between authoritarianism and democracy:

2023-05-22T17:04:04+01:00May 22nd, 2023|

By Hakan Yavuzyılmaz (Başkent University) On May 14th Turkish citizens headed to the polls to cat their votes both for parliamentary and presidential elections. The elections saw a historic turnout, reaching to 87%. Such an extensive participation was both due to tight race between the main presidential candidates and high level of polarization in the [...]

11 05, 2023

Putnam Debates (UK)

2023-05-11T21:06:44+01:00May 11th, 2023|

Speaker at the Putnam Debates 2023 on "Democracy in Crisis?", organised by the Oxford Global Society View LINK [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

19 04, 2023

Seminar in Italy

2023-04-19T18:08:18+01:00April 19th, 2023|

Presentation on "Presidential Elections, Powers and Party System Closure in Asia" at the "Robert Elgie" Brown Bag Seminar Series (Sapienza University, Rome)

14 04, 2023

Seminar in Mongolia

2023-04-18T09:43:27+01:00April 14th, 2023|

Presentation on various aspects of constitutional reform (e.g. types of regime, electoral systems, party regulation) at the Constitutional Law Institute of the National University of Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar).