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12 May 2025
Turkish elections may lead to domestic instability sidelining the country’s foreign policy. Budapest hosts the CPAC forum, gathering populists who eye a comeback into frontline politics while Hungary pushes to unlock EU funds. Allies speed up efforts to provide Ukraine with ammunition and military deliveries ahead of the anticipated counteroffensive.
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Türkiye on 14 May 2023 are the first in a long decade of voting that could lead to a change of power in the country, but these elections could also lead to instability and turbulence. For stability in Türkiye, it is important that one political force controls both the presidential palace and the parliament. However, there is a possibility that one political force is given the presidency and the other control parliament. And in this case, confrontation seems inevitable.
This is why it is now difficult to understand what Türkiye’s foreign policy will be. President Erdoğan has until recently managed to successfully pursue the concept of a “middle path” – and this despite Türkiye’s membership of NATO and its perpetual status as a candidate for the EU. Erdoğan was not afraid of confrontation with the West, but at the same time, maintained a trusting relationship with Putin and even tried to mediate in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Either way, the “grain deal” mediated by Erdoğan is the only diplomatic achievement of this war.
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