Istanbul as a Showcase of AKP's Electoral Techno-Nationalism

Yohanan Benhaïm & translated by Oliver Waine — 2025-06-03T05:00:00Z

In Turkey, President Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected for a third term in May 2023. Yohanan Benhaïm looks back on the last electoral campaign in Istanbul and shows how "techno-nationalism" and its implementation in urban spaces have become an electoral tool for the ruling AKP party.
In Turkey, despite the economic crisis and the earthquake of February 2023, the elections of May 14 and 28, 2023, saw the People's Coalition (Cumhur Ittifakı) retain its majority in parliament and President Erdoğan

- From the Field / Turquie, Istanbul, politique, élections, mégapole, industrie de défense, technonationalisme, campagne électoral

Kanal İstanbul: a “crazy project” serving political ambitions

Yoann Morvan & translated by Oliver Waine — 2011-12-07T06:00:00Z

The current proliferation of mega-projects in the Istanbul metropolitan area is both undeniable and impressive. The projects currently in progress or scheduled for the near future will impose long-lasting changes on the urban structure of this megalopolis. Yoann Morvan, a researcher and co-director of the Observatoire Urbain d'Istanbul (Istanbul Urban Observatory), analyses these territorial metamorphoses and highlights the electoral and economic factors that come into play behind the scenes.

- Debates / urban planning, Istanbul, Turkey, transport

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Istanbul as a Showcase of AKP's Electoral Techno-Nationalism

Kanal İstanbul: a “crazy project” serving political ambitions