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Elect or Erect: 2015 Elections in Turkey

It is hard to state that majority of the Turkish citizens are equally interested in upcoming elections. AKP voters are…

Dr. Ulaş Başar GEZGİN

A new “foreigner” imagery in the Turkish financial markets?

The recent years of the AKP rule have been marked by the increasingly polarizing voice of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the…

Dr. Emre TARIM

Reading Manifestos: European Union in Turkey’s June 2015 Elections

As the June 2015 general elections approach all major political parties in Turkey published their election manifestos, which are considered…

Dr. Selin Bengi GÜMRÜKÇÜ

Election Of The 10th August 2014

Mr. Erdoğan has been elected the 12. President of Republic on the 10th of August 2014.  Attentive observers noticed that…

Aydιn Cıngı

The Economic and Governence Situation and Prospects Following The Presidential Election

At the first election in which the president was elected directly by the electorate in Turkey, the ruling AKP (Justice…

Yusuf Işık

US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: limited options in unstable times

Post-2011: From bad to worse The failure of the United States to handle a rising tide of instability in the…

Cenk Sidar

Origin Of The Conflicts In The Middle East..

Rational and Irrational Interests versus Universal Values   Can BÜYÜKBAY   The termination of the Cold War has changed the…

Can Büyükbay

The Revenge Of Middle East’s 100 Years

We are currently living World War I’s 100th anniversary.  Calendar dates could be symbols for historical statements. Especially 50th or…

Deniz Tansi

Sledgehammer: A Turning Point In the History of Turkish Judiciary System.

There is a famous proverb used in English that we could use in our lives quite often: Silence is bliss.…

Turgut Dibek

The European Elections and Social Democracy

Each month, 700 deputies travel from Brussels to Strasbourg. 8 trucks filled with files are carried all the way from…

Can Büyükbay

Politics at the local government level: How much of it is ‘’For Women’’?

Unlike those passed in 2005 and 2006, the recently enacted law concerning local governments, titled the Whole City Law (Law…

Seniye Nazik Isik

Turkey Under The AKP Rule: The Illusion Of “Gesellschaft”, The Reality of “Gemeinschaft”

  To begin, I will briefly explain the concepts of Gesellschaft (civil society) and Gemeinschaft (community) as developed by the…

Can Büyükbay

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