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DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ MAKALE:”TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS DURING AK PARTI RULE: COULD ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TRANSFORM INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP? A REALISTIC OUTLOOK”
İstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölüm Başkanı ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci’nin “Turkish-Russian Relations during AK Parti Rule: Could Economic Partnership Transform into a
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SOME THOUGHTS ON TURKEY’S MILITARY OPERATION TOWARDS SYRIA
Introduction Turkey’s Operation “Peace Spring” (Barış Pınarı) was initiated by Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) on October 9, 2019 upon the decision taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Accordingly, on Wednesday, starting from 4.30
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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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WHOSE WORLD ORDER?
With the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, American sphere of influence gradually developed in the world and the U.S. began to play often a significant or even a dominant role in various
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COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING AND THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM
Abstract: Terrorism financing provides funds and materials for spreading terrorist activity. Traditionally, terrorists need financial support to perform their activities and to achieve their goals. Type of terrorist groups and related threats have changed
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THE RISE AND FALL OF ISIS: REGIONAL DYNAMICS AND GLOBAL AMBITIONS
Is it the end of DAESH (ISIS)? It is difficult to see how the group could return after the recapturing of Raqqa and Mosul, but the quick rise and apparent fall of ISIS has
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RPP LEADER KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU’S ‘JUSTICE MARCH’
Introduction Turkey’s pro-secular, pro-European and social democratic main opposition party, Republican People’s Party (RPP – Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi in Turkish) is often criticized for being too harsh on secularism as well as acting in an elitist
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım recently announced that the US-backed Raqqa Operation started on Friday night and the United States informed Turkey regarding the operation before it was initiated. Yıldırım also criticized American policy
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ERBIL NOTES (MAY 2017)
I participated into an international conference (AEC17 – Administration and Economics Conference 2017) organized by Lebanese French University and Erbil Polytechnic University last week and had chance to visit Erbil city once again for
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PATRIOTISM VERSUS NATIONALISM
One of the most interesting discussion topics in Political Theory is the difference between nationalism and patriotism. While some liberal and Marxist critics equate nationalism with patriotism and find no significant difference between these
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