Turkey’s 2014 Local Elections

Hatem Ete · Yunus Akbaba · Galip Dalay · Sami Orçun Ersay · Kılıç Buğra Kanat · Kadir Üstün

Mar 2014 · Analysis Book 4 · SETA

About this ebook

While no big surprises are expected from the local elections, the perception of success or failure of the ruling party will have an impact on its calculations with respect to the presidential election and the parliamentary election in 2015.

About the author

HATEM ETE: A faculty member at Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Hatem Ete is currently working as the Direc­tor of Political Studies at SETA Foundation.



YUNUS AKBABA: Pursuing his PhD studies in International Relations department of METU, Yunus Akbaba is currently working as a research assistant in Political Studies at SETA Foundation.



GALİP DALAY: Galip Dalay is a PhD candidate in International Relations department at Middle East Techni­cal University and Book Review Editor of Insight Turkey, quarterly journal. Currently, he is working as researcher in Political Studies at SETA.



SAMİ ORÇUN ERSAY: Sami Orçun Ersay is currently pursuing his PhD in Political Science department at Galatasaray University and he is working as research assistant in Political Studies at SETA.



KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT: Kılıç Buğra Kanat is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Penn State University, Erie and a research scholar at the SETA Foundation at Washington, D.C.



KADİR ÜSTÜN: Kadir Üstün is Research Director at the SETA Foundation at Washington, D.C.