Turkey’s opposition redraws the map, Germany’s coalition stumbles, and Gen Z gets new career advice

When Oscar Ozzel was shoved aside as leader of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) in May under suspicious circumstances, he did not fade away. He started a new party called, simply, the New Party. Within weeks, at least 91 CHP MPs had defected to join him, stripping the CHP of its status as Turkey’s largest opposition party — a position it had held since 2002. Polls now put support for the New Party at over 30%, a stunning reversal that has redrawn the country’s political landscape almost overnight.

How Erdogan’s crackdown created a stronger opposition

The backdrop is Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s quarter-century grip on Turkish politics. His Justice and Development Party (AK Party) swept to power in 2002, and Erdogan has since extended his time in office through constitutional changes in 2017. He is widely expected to ask parliament to bring forward the 2028 presidential election to next year, and the courts have already begun paving the way for another term — either for Erdogan, who turns 73 next year, or a chosen successor.