Turkey: Founder of Polling institute arrested

Kemal Özkiraz, the founder of the Polling institute 'Avrasya Araştırma', also known as 'Avrasya Anket', said he was arrested in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday morning. The circumstances of the arrest have not yet been…

Latests poll: Kilicdaroglu wins in first round

ORC Research published its poll on the presidential election in Turkey. According to the survey, Kemal Kilicdaroglu wins the election in the first round with 51,7 percent of the votes. The poll, conducted face-to-face with 3920…

Major concern over election security in Türkiye

Anadolu Agency (AA), a state-run news agency headquartered in Ankara, created public distrust as a result of disinformation created by discontinuing its live data stream of election results for hours during the 2018 general elections and…

Unequal electoral conditions in Kurdish Provinces

With May 14th just days away, intensive efforts are being made, particularly by opposition parties, to ensure safe elections. In the southeastern region, where the majority of citizens are Kurdish, the problem of security is more prominent.…

Press freedom in Turkey has reached another low

On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released the World Press Freedom Index 2023. A short video was released in which Rebecca Vincent, RSF Director of Operations and Campaigns, outlined the state of press freedom…