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2019 ISTANBUL LOCAL ELECTION WILL BE RENEWED
Turkey’s High Election Board or Supreme Election Council (Yüksek Seçim Kurulu-YSK) decided for the renewal of March 31, 2019 local election for Istanbul metropolitan municipality due to allegations of electoral fraud with a 7-4
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT: AZERBAIJAN STRENGTHENING ITS STANDING
There has been a tendency for international organizations to take a fair attitude towards Azerbaijan in the last few years. This has manifested itself in their documents and resolutions. The European Union is adopting
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EU VS. RUSSIA: OUTSET OF NEW PHASE OF ENERGY CONFRONTATION
The European Union is in the search of a new centralization model. The final document adopted at the closing of the EU Summit held in Brussels on 18-19 March included the intention of establishing
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A DEBATE WITHIN THE EU: CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY VS. LISBON TREATY
1. Historical background of the Constitutional Treaty and Lisbon Treaty After the big enlargement of the European Union in 2004,the structure of it was getting more complex. Because of this, the Constitutional Treaty signed
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“PODEMOS” AND 15-M: SOME REFLECTIONS ON TURKEY’S GEZI PARK PROTESTS
The overwhelming victory of eurosceptic and far-right parties in last week’s European Parliament elections made the headlines all over Europe. Spain is one of the few countries where no far-right party gained nationwide support.
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CYPRUS GOES TO THE POLLS: WILL THIS TIME ALSO BE DIFFERENT FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS?
From May 22 to May 25, 400 million Europeans are called to vote for a new European Parliament (EP). This will be the third time that Cypriots will vote in the EP elections, ten
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EUROPE’S CHANCES IN THE ARAB WORLD
When revolts sneaked in the Arab World, a number of regimes were toppled while other thrones were shaken. Among others, Europe was quick in its response and adopted a new approach to relations with
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EU-TURKEY RELATIONS IN 2014: GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START?
The most optimistic scenarios foresaw that Turkey could become an EU member around the year 2014 if Turkey’s domestic reforms were ambitious enough and the EU would have had a clear political will to
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PARTIES BEYOND BORDERS AND THE TURKISH CASE
Societies have faced globalization with the same opportunity or threat components in different levels and various fields over the last decades. It can be seen that globalization affects many areas such as economic, social,
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ARMENIA BETWEEN “RUSSIAN HAMMER” AND “WESTERN ANVIL”
Debate goes on about the potential outcome of official Yerevan’s decision to join the Customs Union (CU). Armenian experts primarily criticize the leadership of the country on this issue. They have become sensitive in
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