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One week after the local elections in Turkey, which resulted in the victory of the opposition... With the strange negligence of the judiciary and the provocation of the separatist party, terrorist organization sympathizers took to the streets in many provinces. The so-called Gaza sensitivity brought together the marginal right, the marginal left and some Islamist groups. A social media-supported provocation was staged against the government using the lie of "trade with Israel

AK Party lost approximately 8 million votes compared to the 2019 local elections... CHP won 1 million votes. This means that millions of AK Party voters did not go to the polls even after their votes for other parties were counted. The reaction of retirees, minimum wage earners and low-income earners, who are most affected by the problems in the economy, at the ballot box and their support despite everything should be read correctly by centre-right politics. The cliché that t

Populism has various effects on politicians, political parties, institutions and voters. However, these effects may vary in different countries and political contexts. This study aims to make a general assessment of the effects of populism on these actors and segments. Populism, which creates a bond between leaders and voters with its rhetoric and performances, is an ideology that has been on the rise recently. While populism provides politicians with short-term political gai