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SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH GÜNEY YILDIZ, JOURNALIST AT BBC, ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF TURKEY

SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH GÜNEY YILDIZ, JOURNALIST AT BBC, ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF TURKEY

upa-admin Eylül 6, 2014 0

The Presidential Election of the Republic of Turkey has been resulted. We spoke to Güney YILDIZ, journalist at BBC, about the results and the new era of Turkey with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Dear Güney

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RPP’S EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS TO BE HOLD ON 5-6 SEPTEMBER

RPP’S EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS TO BE HOLD ON 5-6 SEPTEMBER

upa-admin Ağustos 27, 2014 RPP’S EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS TO BE HOLD ON 5-6 SEPTEMBER için yorumlar kapalı

Turkey’s pro-secular main opposition party, Republican People’s Party (RPP, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi – CHP in Turkish) will witness a leadership race between party’s current chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and parliamentary group leader Muharrem İnce in

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TURKEY’S NEW PM WILL BE PROFESSOR AHMET DAVUTOĞLU

TURKEY’S NEW PM WILL BE PROFESSOR AHMET DAVUTOĞLU

upa-admin Ağustos 25, 2014 TURKEY’S NEW PM WILL BE PROFESSOR AHMET DAVUTOĞLU için yorumlar kapalı

Turkey’s newly elected President of the Republic, Mr. “Undefeatable”, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently announced that he will support his Foreign Minister Prof. Ahmet Davutoğlu to replace him in the party congress that will be

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ERDOĞAN’S PYRRHIC VICTORY

ERDOĞAN’S PYRRHIC VICTORY

upa-admin Ağustos 10, 2014 0

No surprise took place in Turkish Presidential elections… Ruling Justice and Development Party’s candidate Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become the 12th President of the Republic in the first round of elections. Before

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TURKEY

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TURKEY

upa-admin Ağustos 5, 2014 0

Turkey will witness its first popular vote based Presidential elections in August in order to elect its 11th President of the Republic. Turkish Prime Minister and the leader of Justice and Development Party (JDP)

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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR THOMAS MAROIS ON POLITICS AND FINANCE IN TURKEY

INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR THOMAS MAROIS ON POLITICS AND FINANCE IN TURKEY

upa-admin Temmuz 2, 2014 0

Ayşe Yarar: Dr. Marois, thank you very much for accepting our interview proposal. Could you please give us some information about your academic life and studies, especially about your book titled States, Banks and

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A SURPRISE NAME FOR TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU

A SURPRISE NAME FOR TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU

upa-admin Haziran 16, 2014 A SURPRISE NAME FOR TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU için yorumlar kapalı

Turkey will make its first elections for the post of President of the Republic by popular vote in August. Although he did not declare his candidacy, it is widely expected that Turkish Prime Minister

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“PODEMOS” AND 15-M: SOME REFLECTIONS ON TURKEY’S GEZI PARK PROTESTS

“PODEMOS” AND 15-M: SOME REFLECTIONS ON TURKEY’S GEZI PARK PROTESTS

upa-admin Haziran 2, 2014 0

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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DEFINING AND STUDYING DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION

DEFINING AND STUDYING DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION

upa-admin Mayıs 29, 2014 0

As Samuel Huntington analyzes in his famous book The Third Wave[1], starting from the mid 1970s, there has been a visible trend -using the old categorization- in second and third world countries to make

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TURKS IN BELGIUM: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

TURKS IN BELGIUM: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

upa-admin Mayıs 23, 2014 0

The first Turkish ‘guest workers’ arrived in Belgium fifty years ago, following a bilateral recruitment agreement signed between Turkey and Belgium. Turkish migrant workers were supposed to stay in the country for a short

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