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Zombieland: The Case of Declining Institutional Independence in Turkey

There exist various methods of asserting control over a state. In Turkey, it involves what I call “zombification”. Ahval’s Yavuz Baydar in 2018...

Polarization in Turkey is by all means not a new phenomenon. Since the country’s founding in 1923, Turkey has long suffered from deep-seated...

I didn’t think political alignment mattered much until I came to the United States for university and got to see partisanship in practice. In...

Poverty in America is undermining the fabric of democracy. Everyone is aware of the negative impacts of poverty on stress levels and overall...

Since President Joe Biden’s Inauguration in January, many have speculated about the American ‘return to normalcy’ where his administration will...

After only one month in office, Marjorie Taylor Greene inflamed tensions between Republicans and Democrats. Greene is a new Republican to the...

On January 6th, 2021, Democrats won control of the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives, all while the Capital Building was laid...

On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power and declared a one-year state of emergency after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won...

The 2020 Presidential Election represents a new era in the breakdown of American Democracy. Although Joe Biden won the presidency, in many states...