Author: Al Jazeera Center for Studies / Topic: Political Parties

Author:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Publication Date:: 02-2015
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: As analysts and observers attempt to parse out the intricacies of the current Libyan conflict, the United Nations is sponsoring a dialogue to bring together the warring parties and attempt to find a political solution. This paper proposes that while there are factors which increase the likelihood of successful dialogue, the reality is that internal disputes within each of the political parties, as well as regional and international attention to other, more pressing matters, mean that the dialogue is actually an uphill battle.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, United Nations, Conflict, Negotiation, Political Parties, and Dialogue
Political Geography:: Libya and North Africa

Author:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Publication Date:: 06-2015
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: Turkey’s president and prime minister have not hidden the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) intention to write a new constitution which converts the system of governance from parliamentary to presidential. In some ways, the 7 June 2015 Turkish parliamentary elections, the fourth parliamentary elections the AKP will contest, will decide the future of the country’s constitution and its system of governance. The most difficult factor to predict in this election has been the Kurdish vote, because the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) ran candidates as independents in the last parliamentary elections and received six per cent of the vote share. This time, the party has decided to run under its party banner, which will surely increase their vote share. The only question is how much.
Topic:: Elections, Domestic Politics, Political Parties, and Parliamentarism
Political Geography:: Turkey and Middle East

Author:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Publication Date:: 01-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: While Erdogan saw the relationship between his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Fethullah Gülen’s movement as a natural reflection of mobilized Islamic conservative forces, the relationship has been a subject of debate and many leaders of the party felt that a clash between the two sides was inevitable. Although the movement’s rhetoric has been centred on distancing itself from politics, it has not hidden its desire to play a political role or be represented within the state apparatus. The Gülen movement was helpful to Erdogan in the past in his campaign against the Kemalist current in the administration and the army, but with the demise of this common threat, differences have emerged between the former allies on the administration of the Turkish state.
Topic:: Domestic Politics, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Political Parties
Political Geography:: Turkey and Middle East

Author:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Publication Date:: 04-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: Turkey’s local elections were held Sunday, March 30, 2014 under what can be considered turbulent political circumstances. These elections were key for a number of reasons: they were the third ones in which the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) participated in since its ascent to power in 2002, the large margin by which the AKP won and finally, because a great number of regional and international players considered the elections a test of the AKP and its president’s worthiness and benefit. Presidential elections will also be held in August of this year, and current leader of the AKP and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will continue to face challenges given a severely polarised political atmosphere in the country. This is particularly true given that the presidential position he strives for is seen in Turkey’s political culture as a unifying national position distant from partisan squabbles.
Topic:: Elections, Domestic Politics, Political Parties, and Political System
Political Geography:: Turkey and Middle East

Author:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Publication Date:: 08-2014
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Al Jazeera Center for Studies
Abstract:: Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey’s president on 28 August 2014. The day before, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) agreed to nominate one person, Ahmet Davutoglu, to take Erdogan’s place as prime minister and party leader. As Turkey’s former foreign minister who was also a superior academic, it is important to examine Davutoglu’s rise to the top position in the Turkish political establishment and government as well as the tasks that lay ahead of him. This position paper examines his journey from academia to politics, why Davutoglu was chosen by Erdogan and the AKP and what he must do to maintain the AKP and Turkish government’s momentum.
Topic:: Government, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Political Parties
Political Geography:: Turkey and Middle East

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