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CALIPHATE DISCUSSIONS IN TURKEY
Introduction After a court decision that made the 1934 Presidential decree void, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan successfully converted Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) into a mosque from a museum.[1] The decision was welcomed and celebrated
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‘THE NIGHT HIS ROSE FADED’ BY ERDAL ÖZ
Erdal Öz’s famous novel Gülünün Solduğu Akşam (The Night His Rose Faded) is one of the most controversial works of contemporary Turkish literature largely because of its topic. The book is so important that
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TURKISH CONSTITUTIONS (1921, 1924, 1961, 1982) IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Constitution as a dictionary definition means “the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed”[1]. There is no doubt that a constitution is the primary institutional
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