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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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GOOD PARTY IS ESTABLISHED IN TURKEY
A new right-wing political party was established few days ago in Turkey by the former Minister of Interior and the Vice Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mrs. Meral Akşener with the name
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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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METİN TOKER’S ‘FROM DEMOCRACY TO COUP D’ETAT’
The young Turkish Republic, although it was founded only 94 years ago, faced with many problems during its short history. This paper aims to discuss these problems in the light of Metin Toker’s Demokrasiden
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YRD. DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ BİLDİRİ: “CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST-CLASS DEMOCRACIES: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS”
Beykent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi (İngilizce) bölümü öğretim üyesi ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, 10 Mayıs 2017 tarihinde Irak’ın Kürdistan Bölgesel Yönetimi’ne bağlı Erbil şehrinde
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TWO ARTICLES BY FAREED ZAKARIA
Fareed Zakaria[1], a well known Indian-American writer works as the host of CNN tv channel, the editor of International Newsweek magazine and a columnist in the The Washington Post journal. He is the author of five books, three
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CENSORSHIP ON RELIGION
Censorship as a dictionary definition means “the suppression or deletion of objectionable information, as determined by the censor” (Dictionary.com). In the age of liberal democracy and extensive human rights, censorship becomes much more unwarranted
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VEILING IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Veiling and its legal status in the constitutional order has always been an important political issue in the Islamic world. While in pro-secular countries like Turkey, Islamic veiling was prevented by the state via
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TÜRKİYE’DE LAİKLİK TARTIŞMALARI
Önceki gün TBMM Başkanı Sayın İsmail Kahraman’ın yaptığı ve Türkiye ulusal basınında “Laiklik yeni anayasada yer almamalı” manşetiyle yansıtılan açıklamalar[1], Türk-Kürt ve Alevi-Sünni fay hattı ile birlikte Türkiye’deki en önemli siyasi tartışma konularından olan
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