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Beyond the İmamoğlu Case : A Reconfiguration of Municipal Power in Turkey

May 12, 2026

Lucie Laroche

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has monopolized attention. Yet, it is merely the tip of the iceberg of a much broader phenomenon : since March 2024, twenty opposition mayors have been imprisoned, and fifty-six have defected to the ruling party.

A Small Territory with Strong Geopolitical Weight

May 6, 2026

Alec Miguel Barcenilla Van Der Maesen

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GenZ212, Nonmovements, and the Monarchy: The Future of Protest in Morocco

A paradox of evolution and revolution, the 2025 Moroccan Gen Z movement was, in many respects, the ideological heir to previous uprisings while simultaneously representing a conceptual evolution in the repertoires of popular dissent. The protests marked a nuanced shift towards decentralised, unconventional nonmovements, an iterative process whose immediate and enduring legacy has profound implications for the future of both protest and governance in modern Morocco.

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