As the countdown towards the 14 May elections continues, public opinion polls reveal very different results concerning the winner of the elections. An interesting picture emerges when an average is taken apart from the results of the survey companies known to be clearly sided between the People’s Alliance led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s Nation Alliance. Both blocs ...
UWI author Onur Sinan Güzaltan was the guest of Russia Today. The British Economist published an article that claimed Erdoğan victory in the presidential elections would harm democracy in Türkiye. Güzaltan responded questions in regard to the article and Western interventions into the elections. Below is the transcription of the program. Our guest is Onur Sinan Güzaltan, Turkish political ...
As Türkiye is going through the critical last 6 days of the election process, candidates and parties continue their campaigns with rallies, statements, and promises. Statements regarding foreign policy also have an important place in the electoral process. The ruling party has joined the opposition in making statements about “good relations with the West”. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s remarks of ...
by Yiğit Saner writing for UWI from Rome / Italy One of the eight elections that will change the world in 2023 will take place in Türkiye. Perhaps the most prominent reason behind the international interest in the elections is undoubtedly the fact that a country of great geopolitical importance like Türkiye creates an area of influence stretching from Libya ...
The interference of the United States in the internal affairs of Paraguay is part of that country’s daily life, and is even considered as something normal. In the current situation, when the final stage of the electoral race has started, the two candidates with the option of winning the elections, Santiago Peña of the National Republican Association (Colorado Party) and ...
UWI’s editorial note: Türkiye has entered the process of electing a new president and parliament. Therefore, we will concentrate our weekly review of main political events on incidents connected to the elections. UWI will inform about main developments, describe leading politicians, analyse the competitor’s political programs and provide background analysis on Türkiye’s elections, which have global importance. Joint statement by ...
The elections in Italy following the fall of the government led by the quisling Mario Draghi lived up to expectations: the center-right coalition won. First party is Fratelli d’Italia, which reaches 26% or 7,302,517 votes. Other parties in the coalition with the Lega get 8.77% and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia reaches 8.11% of the votes. Even more pronounced was the ...
by Ana Dagorret / Rio da Janerio After an election day that showed a completely divided country, Brazil is heading to a runoff election between Lula Da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro. Although polls of voting intention showed a possibility of victory for Lula already in the first round, with more than ten points of advantage over the current president, the ...
By Antonio Napolitano Italy is now on the verge of a very important electoral round, as it comes at a crucial stage where Rome, along with the other EU countries, risks sinking into the abyss caused by Western sanctions and embargoes on Russia after Moscow launched a special military operation to demilitarise and denazify the Kiev regime. Italy, a country ...
Tülin Oygür, Stockholm / Sweden The Sweden Democrats (SD), whose anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic stance born out of the neo-Nazi movement, became the second largest party in the elections. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson was obliged to resign, despite the Social Democrats increasing their vote share, as two of the outside supporters lost their seats. Forming a government was left to the ...