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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR BİROL YEŞİLADA

INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR BİROL YEŞİLADA

upa-admin Ağustos 15, 2019 0

Birol Yesilada (Ph.D. 1984, University of Michigan) is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, holds an endowed chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, and is Director of the Center for Turkish Studies in Portland

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NEW POLITICAL PARTY INITIATIVES IN TURKEY

NEW POLITICAL PARTY INITIATIVES IN TURKEY

upa-admin Temmuz 10, 2019 0

As Turkey’s economic problems deepen with the ongoing recession and the volatility in Turkish lira[1], dissatisfaction with the current political system increases both at the mass and political elite levels in the country. After

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THE ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A REALITY CHECK

THE ISTANBUL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A REALITY CHECK

upa-admin Haziran 27, 2019 0

The Istanbul elections saga is finished with the rather anticipated Ekrem İmamoğlu victory over AKP’s candidate, Binali Yildırım. This result adds another important parameter in Turkey’s hazy domestic politics, as President Erdoğan is called

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TURKEY’S 2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS: AK PARTI LOST THREE BIG CITIES

TURKEY’S 2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS: AK PARTI LOST THREE BIG CITIES

upa-admin Nisan 2, 2019 0

Turkey’s 2019 local elections took place on March 31, 2019 Sunday in a relatively peaceful atmosphere. Except for deadly local feuds in Malatya[1] and Gaziantep[2], no serious clashes happened and elections were organized in

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TURKEY’S 2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS: LATEST POLLS AND PREDICTIONS

TURKEY’S 2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS: LATEST POLLS AND PREDICTIONS

upa-admin Mart 6, 2019 0

Turkey’s local elections will take place on March 31, 2019 in 81 Turkish cities (30 of them are metropolitan cities). Turkey’s long time ruling Islamic-oriented party Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) decided to

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INTERVIEW WITH JOSHUA WALKER ON CURRENT STATE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS

INTERVIEW WITH JOSHUA WALKER ON CURRENT STATE OF TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS

upa-admin Ocak 18, 2019 0

Joshua Walker is the Global Head of Strategic Initiatives at Eurasia Group and a non-resident Transatlantic Fellow for German Marshall Fund.[1] He is an expert on US Foreign and Security Policy, Turkish Politics, Japanese

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INAUGURATION OF TANAP: GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF “ENERGY SILK ROAD”

INAUGURATION OF TANAP: GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF “ENERGY SILK ROAD”

upa-admin Temmuz 24, 2018 0

As an independent nation, Azerbaijan has initiated a number of international projects. TANAP is the one that stands out because prior to that project all eyes were on a project called “NABUCCO”. However, it

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NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY UPA CONTRIBUTOR FADI ELHUSSEINI

NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY UPA CONTRIBUTOR FADI ELHUSSEINI

upa-admin Nisan 11, 2018 0

UPA contributor Fadi Elhusseini’s new book The Arab Spring: Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy is published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The Arab Spring: Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy  The book

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CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

upa-admin Şubat 9, 2018 0

Introduction Before I start with penning the topic of “Conceptual Architecture of Turkish Foreign Policy”, I would like to structure my essay in three categories. First category is the introduction part that sheds light

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TÜRK DIŞ POLİTİKASI LİTERATÜRÜNE YENİ BİR KATKI: ‘TURKEY’S RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST’

TÜRK DIŞ POLİTİKASI LİTERATÜRÜNE YENİ BİR KATKI: ‘TURKEY’S RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST’

upa-admin Ekim 31, 2017 0

Türkiye’nin açılan yeni üniversiteleri, düşünce kuruluşları ve genişleyen vizyonuna paralel olarak, Türk Dış Politikası literatüründe de son dönemde birbiri ardına yeni ve önemli kitaplar yayınlanmaya başladı. Bu kitaplardan birisi de, Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi (YDÜ)

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