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CRISIS OF FOOTBALL DIPLOMACY: THE TURKISH SUPER CUP FINAL MATCH IN RIYADH IS CANCELED
Sports can be used in a way to enhance diplomatic relations and can help hostile nations to develop friendlier relations. In the past, during the Cold War, the Sino-American rapprochement began with the ping-pong
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THE THREAT OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN ISTANBUL IS GROWING
Introduction While Türkiye still trying to recover from the devastating twin earthquakes in February last year which caused the death of approximately 50,000 citizens and made 10 Anatolian cities almost fully collapse, experienced geologists
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BOOK LAUNCH TALK: 2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS IN ALL ASPECTS
Istanbul Aydın University Political Science and International Relations department staff and UPA-International Political Academy’s founder and General Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Ozan Örmeci participated in a live broadcast on December 28, 2023, about his newly
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2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: 46 DAYS LEFT
Introduction In Türkiye (Turkey), presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 14, 2023. So, this means only 46 days left for the country to choose its new President and form a new parliament.
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MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN TÜRKİYE AND SYRIA
On February 6, 2023, in the very early morning, around 04:17 by the local time, a terrible earthquake hit southeast Türkiye (Turkey) and northwest Syria. Called as 2023 Gaziantep-Kahramanmaraş earthquakes by the Turkish media
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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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HAGIA SOPHIA CONTROVERSY: THE CHANGING STATUS OF THE HISTORICAL SANCTUARY
Introduction After a court decision that made the 1934 Presidential decree made by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk void, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Istanbul’s famous and historical sanctuary and museum Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia)[1]
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ERDOĞAN’S DECISIVE VICTORY
No surprise took place in Turkish elections. Turkey’s undisputed leader Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won another election with 52.59 % of the votes (more than 26 million votes) in the Presidential race. Pro-secular Republican People’s
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EXPLAINING THE RISE OF ERDOGAN AND ISLAMIC TURKEY FROM HUNTINGTON’S PERSPECTIVE
Introduction Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008)[1] was a prominent American political scientist and academic. Huntington spent more than half a century at Harvard University and worked as the White House Coordinator of Security Planning for
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‘BÜLENT ECEVİT: A FREEDOM PASSIONATE’ BY CÜNEYT ARCAYÜREK
This paper aims to make a detailed summary and a critical analysis of journalist Cüneyt Arcayürek’s book Bülent Ecevit: A Freedom Passionate (Bir Özgürlük Tutkunu Bülent Ecevit). In order to do that, I am
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