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1 – 10 of 144In February and before the holy month of Ramadan (March 10-April 9), President Abdelmadjid Tebboune formally inaugurated with much fanfare the Grand Mosque of Algiers, the world’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286340
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In the March 31 municipal elections, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to which Imamoglu belongs, gained 37.8% of the vote nationally, beating the AKP in its…
Measures include a new civil code, the Civil Transactions Law, which came into effect in December 2023 and aims to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of contracts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285763
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The supreme court deposed prominent Sunni leader Mohammed al-Halbousi in November 2023, during a long campaign against him by pro-Iranian Shia forces. His ally Shaalan al-Karim…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284556
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The Court of Cassation has refused to honour a Constitutional Court ruling and ordered a criminal investigation into its members. After local elections on March 31, Erdogan will…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284969
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The Kurds remain under constant pressure, with controlled parameters for political and social expression, including via a politically dominated judicial system. Kurdish alienation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284251
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They cited their opposition not only to the current right-wing government’s ongoing judicial overhaul, seen as anti-democratic, but also to the West Bank “occupation”, mirroring a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281573
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Tensions have risen over the past year between the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to disagreements over the electoral law…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280955
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This follows a last-minute deal between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners allocating more religious education funding. Coalition bargaining…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279244
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The proposals are part of a controversial package of reforms to weaken the courts, which Netanyahu’s critics say would eliminate checks on executive power. The reforms have…