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RTVS: Recep Tayyip Erdogan will remain president

May 29, 2023

Head of the Brussels office Žiga Faktor commented on the outcome of the presidential elections in Turkey on RTVS.

CRo Plus: Voters will make a final decision about the Turkish president in 14 days

May 15, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently leading the election over opposition candidate Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. But the voters will decide on the Turkish president in 14 days. Žiga Faktor, head of the Brussels office of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Politics, commented on the course of the elections for Český Rozhlas Plus.

EURACTIV: Turkey under Erdogan has little chance of good relations with the EU. But they must tackle migration together

October 05, 2021

In an article for euractiv.cz, the head of our Brussels office, Žiga Faktor, comments on the tense relationship between the EU and Turkey. The commentary focuses on the future direction of mutual relations and migration from Afghanistan.

ČRo Radiozurnal: Can relations between the European Union and Turkey be expected to improve?

March 22, 2021

The head of our Brussels office spoke about the current improvement in relations between Ankara and Brussels. He attributes Erdoğan's turn in rhetoric not only to the outcome of the US elections, after which Turkey lost a significant teammate, but also to the upcoming elections in Germany, which may result in a significantly less conciliatory chancellor than Angela Merkel.

Info.cz: Turkey is warming relations with the EU. What's behind Erdogan's turn?

February 05, 2021

In his commentary for Info.cz, the head of our Brussels office, Žiga Faktor, deals with the tense relations between the EU and Turkey. The commentary focuses on a surprising statement by Turkish President Erdoğan that Turkey has a strong interest in improving relations with the EU.

The human cost of the EU’s externalisation of fundamental obligations

December 06, 2019

More than half of all refugees from Syria is currently located in Turkey. In her latest blog, Tuba Nilüfer Uğur zooms in on the local situation and suggests steps that should be made by the EU to help this matter.

Commentary: EUCO Meeting in October 2019

October 18, 2019

EUCO meeting held on October 2019 brought several surprises. Read the comments of our experts regarding the future development of Brexit, EU enlargement or climate change combat. We've gathered answers from Christian Kvorning Lassen, Kateřina Davidová, Jana Juzová, Zuzana Stuchlíková, Louis Cox-Brusseau and Martin Michelot.

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Winds of political change in Turkey?

July 23, 2019

In his latest blog, our Žiga Faktor focuses on Ekrem İmamoğlu's election win in the mayoral election in Istanbul and the future of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's presidency.

The discreet charm of hypocrisy: An EU-Turkey Power Audit

March 27, 2018

Vladimír Bartovic has contributed with a chapter on the relations of Czech Republic with Turkey within this ECFR publication aimed to analyse at the relationship of the EU and Erdogan's Turkey.

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Turkey, the caliphate of Sultan Erdogan?

April 26, 2017

In his new blog, our Research Assistant Patrick Zingerle describes the current political situation in Erdogan's Turkey, from the army coup to the recent referendum strengthening the power in the hands of the Turkish president.