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Feyzullah Tuna Aygün

Contributer

Feyzullah Tuna Aygün graduated from Bahçeşehir University. He is currently the Iraq studies expert at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) in Ankara. Aygün carried out field studies in 13 of Iraq’s 18 governorates and followed the 2018 and 2021 elections as an international observer. His opinions and interviews are published in both Turkish and international media outlets and journals.

Analysis

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Implications of Iraq’s New Election Law

Iraq’s new election law is likely to strengthen the representation of traditional political blocs and weaken smaller parties and independent candidates, however, it is unlikely to notably alter the ethnic and sectarian composition of Parliament.

Iraqi lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to vote for a new head of state in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022. (Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS)