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The Resurgence of CHP and the Erosion of AKP Hegemony: A Strategic Analysis of Türkiye’s 2028 Electoral Landscape

Author(s) M T R Zubair
Country Turkey
Abstract Since the early 2000s, Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) maintained electoral hegemony through a combination of economic growth, institutional restructuring, and political narrative control. However, by the mid-2020s, deepening macroeconomic deterioration, institutional erosion, allegations of corruption, policy mismanagement, and growing geopolitical tensions reshaped the country’s internal political equilibrium. Concurrently, the Republican People’s Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) achieved renewed national credibility via effective municipal governance and charismatic leaders, most notably Ekrem İmamoğlu and Mansur Yavaş. Drawing from economic data, institutional analyses, political science frameworks, and cross-national comparisons, this paper argues that structural political decay within the AKP and strategic modernization within the CHP converge to make a CHP victory in 2028 not only plausible but increasingly probable.
Keywords CHP (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), AKP (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi), Mayoral Pivot, Coalition Building, Democratic Consolidation, Economic Stabilization, Tenderocracy, Social Inclusion, Governance Competence, Electoral Strategy, Conservative Voter Engagement, Digital Political Warfare, Information Operations, Institutional Reform, Post-Erdoğan Transition, Türkiye 2028 National Election
Field Sociology > Politics
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-22
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.64313

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