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Lessons from the election: low levels of transparency raise red flags in Turkey

27 August 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Civil society, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

The citizens of Turkey made history in August when they elected a president directly for the first time. The question now is what this means for Turkey in relation to its commitments to anti-corruption and good governance. Looking back at the election period, we can see few positive indicators and some important red flags regarding a fair, free and transparent election […]

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Turkey’s first direct presidential election: time for transparency

8 August 2014 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Citizens of Turkey will go to the polls for their first direct presidential elections on 10 August. Nearly 53 million registered voters are expected to decide between three candidates in the first round. Unless one of the candidates wins more than 50 per cent of the vote there will be a second round between the […]

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