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TURKEY TOWARDS PRESIDENTIALISM?
General elections that will take place in Turkey in June 2015 will be very critical not only because there is no pre-scheduled elections until 2019, but also it can create a very comfortable ground
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ASSESSMENT OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN 2014
It might be a good idea to make an objective general assessment of Turkish Foreign Policy in 2014 during the last days of the year. This year Turkish Foreign Policy had some successes as well
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2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS
After the decision of President of the Cyprus Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades to end the negotiation talks for a possible settlement, now the current agenda in the island is concentrated mostly on the Presidential
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CYPRUS GOES TO THE POLLS: WILL THIS TIME ALSO BE DIFFERENT FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS?
From May 22 to May 25, 400 million Europeans are called to vote for a new European Parliament (EP). This will be the third time that Cypriots will vote in the EP elections, ten
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BIDEN’S HISTORIC VISIT AND CYPRUS SETTLEMENT TALKS
US Vice President Mr. Joe Biden is making a historic visit to Cyprus during the settlement talks that restarted on this February. The visit is historic because Biden is the most senior US official
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. DEMETRIOS NICOLAIDES ON CYPRUS DISPUTE
UPA writer Ali Üncü conducted an interview with Greek Cypriot academic Dr. Demetrios Nicolaides on the Cyprus Dispute and new negotiation process on the island that started in February. You may find the interview
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A SLAP TO PEACE PROCESS IN CYPRUS
Former President of the Republic of TRNC, Mehmet Ali Talat, a respected social democratic politician in northern Cyprus, was attacked by far right extremists in southern Cyprus yesterday. Mr. Talat was present as a
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YRD. DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ KONFERANS
Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi (GAÜ) Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümü Başkanı ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, 3 Mart 2014 tarihinde Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi’nde düzenlenen bir konferansa katıldı
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A TOY TO PLAY WITH: NORTH CYPRUS
Since 1974 -The Peace Operation of Turkey- significant interventions of any kind was oppressed by Turkey on the Turkish Cypriot authority. This is more than a speculative commentary, it is rather an empirical fact.
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EU-TURKEY RELATIONS IN 2014: GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START?
The most optimistic scenarios foresaw that Turkey could become an EU member around the year 2014 if Turkey’s domestic reforms were ambitious enough and the EU would have had a clear political will to
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