Doğu Ergil

Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: “Opposing an Autocrat Alone Is Not Enough to Defeat One”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: “Opposing an Autocrat Alone Is Not Enough to Defeat One”
How Can an Autocrat/Autocracy Be Defeated? The answer to this question is different from what many radical activists believe. Neither protests alone, nor elections alone, nor economic crises alone are sufficient. In successful cases around the world, results were achieved when five factors worked simultaneously: In Hungary, one of the...
15.06.2026
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Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: Warns on Democracy: “The State Must Remain Society’s Common Home”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: Warns on Democracy: “The State Must Remain Society’s Common Home”
Political scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil warned that democracies are often eroded not by coups but by the gradual disappearance of the boundary between the state and political power, emphasizing the importance of the rule of law and institutional neutrality.
02.06.2026
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Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: “The Link Between Justice and Morality Is Weakening”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: “The Link Between Justice and Morality Is Weakening”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil highlights the weakening relationship between justice and morality and draws attention to a growing trust crisis in modern societies.
31.05.2026
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Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: “A New Global Order Is Building a New Regime in Türkiye”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil: “A New Global Order Is Building a New Regime in Türkiye”
“The New Global Order and Türkiye” “A new integrated economic order dominated by capital is being established. This order is constructing its own legal system, political regime, labor conditions, and international relations — including wars. The AKP government and its leadership represent the Türkiye side of this process. The opposition...
28.05.2026
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Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil’s “Manifesto for Democratic Competition and the Rule of Law”: “Türkiye Needs Absolute Rule of Law”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil’s “Manifesto for Democratic Competition and the Rule of Law”: “Türkiye Needs Absolute Rule of Law”
Political Scientist Prof. Doğu Ergil drew attention to the relationship between democracy, the rule of law, judicial independence, and economic stability in his “Manifesto for Democratic Competition and the Rule of Law.” Ergil stated, “What Türkiye needs is not absolute power, but absolute adherence to the rule of law.”
22.05.2026
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Prof. Doğu Ergil: “The New European Nationalism”
Prof. Doğu Ergil: “The New European Nationalism”
The dismissive and exclusionary attitude adopted by President toward Europe has weakened the Transatlantic alliance while pushing Europe to turn inward. This development has also triggered a series of secondary consequences. One of them is the strengthening of nationalist tendencies within Europe alongside the growing importance of the European Union....
17.05.2026
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