Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the president of the Republic of Turkey since 2003 and head of the AKP Islamist party
Religion and Society

Erdoğan’s Imperial Project Has Paid Off at the Ballot Box

Pollsters failed to capture the nationalist deep wave that has swept over Turkey. Erdoğan is trying to outgrow the Turkish Republic from within, bit by bit. A conversation with Selim Koru on the first round of 2023 Turkish presidential elections
Religion and Society

A Paradoxical Tale: Reading the Transformation of Erdoğan’s Turkey Through the Lens of Religion

State identity and societal identity are diverging in Turkey: while religion is more and more used by politics in all areas, the younger generations have begun to distance themselves from Islam. A development that offers clues about the future of the country