Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan had 53% of the presidential vote to 31% for his closest challenger, Muharrem Ince of the secular Republican People's Party
5 min read25 Jun 2018In Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'The Wild Pear Tree', the young hero follows his dreams to become a writer but, as Ceylan says, it's difficult to be a writer today, as many are finding out in Turkey
5 min read18 Jun 2018Even if the Turkish economy is headed for trouble, the crunch probably won't come before Turks cast their ballots on 24 June
4 min read28 May 2018In order to gain entry into parliament, HDP has had to broaden its agenda to gain enough non-Kurd acceptance
6 min read3 Nov 2015Party wins back the majority it lost five months ago, confounding estimates which predicted a hung parliament
3 min read2 Nov 2015The results raise the possibility of a fragile minority administration or a return to the ballot box for another election to break the deadlock
3 min read8 Jun 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared