Mert H. Akgün

2 weeks ago | newageislam.com | Ramona Wadi |Mert H. Akgün

By New Age Islam Edit Desk 11April 2025 Remembering The 24 Living Hostages Still In Hamas Captivity During Passover Netanyahu Must Choose Compromise To Preserve Israel's Democracy Gaza's Amputees Face Life In A War Zone With Little Treatment, And Even Less Hope Exposing The UN's Hypocrisy Of Humanitarian Aid And Ceasefires Refreshing Start For Syria: Crafting A New State And Constitution Macron's Building Blocks With Egypt And Lebanon Helping Syria's Recovery The Smart Thing To Do -----...

Jan 13, 2025 | dailysabah.com | Mert H. Akgün

The collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria has opened a critical window for accountability. For more than a decade, Syria has endured some of the most egregious crimes of the 21st century: systematic torture, ill-treatment, indiscriminate bombardments and the forcible deportation of civilians.

May 30, 2023 | dailysabah.com | Mert H. Akgün

Before the first-round election on May 14, many people supposed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long-standing winning streak would be broken. This belief was fueled by high inflation and the devastating earthquakes that had occurred just three months before the elections. Nonetheless, the outcomes of the first-round election contradicted the predictions of almost all polls, leading to historic results that surprised many.

May 14, 2023 | politicstoday.org | Mert H. Akgün |İbrahim Karataş |Belkıs Kılıçkaya

No doubt, the most fundamental pillar of democracy is free and fair elections. Indeed, what gives a regime its democratic character is elections based on universal suffrage in which more than one political party contests in a free competitive environment. Of course, today’s democracies are not just about the ballot box.

May 5, 2023 | politicstoday.org | Can Acun |Mert H. Akgün |Talha Kose |Burhanettin Duran

As Turkey approaches its 2023 national elections, the political parties are campaigning both under their alliances and striving to emerge victorious on their own behalf. The great struggle for both the presidential and parliamentary elections is palpable.