An Examination of the Bulgarian Local Elections 2007 Cover Image

2007 Bulgaristan Yerel Seçimleri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme
An Examination of the Bulgarian Local Elections 2007

Author(s): Seçil Öraz
Subject(s): Politics, Electoral systems, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Bulgaria; local elections 2007; EU; GERB; BPS; DPS;

Summary/Abstract: The 2007 local elections in Bulgaria, which went to gallop box six times since the regime change in 1989, was herald of the upcoming changes and new formations to ocur in the next years in this country. In these local elections, which were held after the country's EU membership, and under the targeted European conditions of transparency and justice, brought the DPS, political party of the Turkish minority in Bulgaria, the third rank. This and other developments give clues of expectable results of the general elections to be held in 2009.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 89-95
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish