Yeni, Yeniden, Yenilik: Turkey’s Proliferating Party Names Built Around “New” May Confuse Voters

Özgür Özel may have had compelling reasons to leave the CHP after losing its leadership through a court ruling. But establishing another party in Turkey’s already crowded political field—and calling it simply the “New Party”—raises a separate question: was this really the best choice? Özgür Özel and 90 other lawmakers formally left the Republican People’s […]