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CASPIAN PLANS OF THE “CHINESE DRAGON”
Recent years have seen dynamically growing China’s resurging aspiration towards the ”great geo-economic game” – advancing in the direction of oil and gas fields in the energy resources rich Central Asia, and particularly the
Read More »TURKEY TOWARDS COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM?
“Competitive authoritarianism” is a new concept in Comparative Politics created by Professor Steven Levitsky from Harvard University.[1] Levitsky, together with Lucan Way wrote the book Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War[2] in
Read More »PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TURKEY
Turkey will witness its first popular vote based Presidential elections in August in order to elect its 11th President of the Republic. Turkish Prime Minister and the leader of Justice and Development Party (JDP)
Read More »ANKARA-ERBIL OIL AGREEMENT
Introduction: There are several ways to observe this case study; in a simpler fashion, by selecting a certain perspective of each actors namely Turkey, KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) and Iraq. Moreover, we can ask
Read More »IŞİD YA DA KUVAY-I İNZİBATİYE
Ortadoğu dillerini iyi konuşan, örgüt adlarını ezbere bilip, tarihi gelişimlerini bir çırpıda sayıveren uzmanlar; IŞİD’in, “Irak El Kaidesi” olmasından El Nusra’yla Suriye’deki ayrışmasına, IŞİD’in El Kaide ile bağının kopmasına kadar olan ayrıntıları bölgedeki deneyimleri
Read More »LA QUESTION ARMENIENNE: SI ON NOUS AVAIT MENTI?
« Si On Nous Avait Menti »[1] est le titre du livre de l’historien Français Yves Benard sur les événements tragiques survenus en Anatolie en 1915 entre les Turcs, les Kurdes et les Arméniens. Malheureusement, le livre
Read More »EUROPEAN UNION AND WESTERN DISCRIMINATION: WHAT ARE THE REASONS?
Tension in the world politics is gradually rising. On the one hand, the big powers are engaged in a fierce rivalry over the global leadership, while on the other, according to observations, no criteria
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