As another election looms, can Turkey be saved from itself?

Turkey is about to hold its second general election in a year on the 1 November 2015, after the first failed to produce a government. Since the vote in June, the country has been hit by violent unrest.

Whatever the outcome of the impending vote, urgent reform is needed to reinvigorate the progress towards democracy that appeared to have been made with the EU accession process of the early 2000s and the Peace Process (2009-2011; 2013-June 2015) with the Kurdish political movement.

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ESO: Background information: Turkish general election, November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkish-general-election-1-november-2015/

ESO: Background information: Turkish-Kurdish conflict spills over into Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkish-kurdish-conflict-spills-over-into-europe/

ECFR: Commentary, 30.10.15: Turkey votes in turbulent times http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_turkeys_turbulent_times4088

Carnegie Europe: Op-Ed, 31.10.15: The High Stakes of Turkey’s Election http://carnegieeurope.eu/2015/10/31/high-stakes-of-turkey-s-election/ikpb

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