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ERDOĞAN’S NEW CABINET: FRESH NAMES BUT LOW HOPES
Introduction After having a clear victory both in the parliamentary and the presidential elections in May, Türkiye’s long serving (2014-) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-) took his oath and announced his new cabinet today
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DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ RAPOR: “2023 TURKISH ELECTIONS: WHAT IS AT STAKE, AND WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS?”
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü ve İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Başkanı Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, Slovakya merkezli düşünce kuruluşu Adapt Institute için 2023 Türkiye seçimlerini ve olası
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ARE GREECE AND TURKEY HEADING TO A WAR?
Introduction Turkish-Greek relations have always been tense and open to conflict and military escalation though there had been smooth times in the past. We should not forget that two countries are historical rivals to
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EU-TURKEY MIGRATION DEAL: WHERE DOES IT STAND AFTER THREE YEARS?
Introduction Mass flows of refugees forced the international community to act at the global, regional, national, and local levels. Among the regional responses, the EU-Turkey deal was one of the most significant ones with
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CUSTOMS UNION: IS IT A FRIEND OR A FOE?
Since 1963, Turkey is trying to integrate into the European economy. Turkey, first signed the Association Agreement in 1963 and Additional Protocol in 1970, which were the two important steps in order to integrate
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EU-TURKEY: INTEGRATION NIGHTMARE
Turkey has long been on the verge of the European Union. About the European future of the country, which is located between Asia and Europe, half a century ago talked Adenauer and De Gaulle.
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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE 28 FEBRUARY POST-MODERN COUP
Summary: After the meeting of the National Security Council, the Turkish army forced a government that came to power legally and democratically to resign because of its pro-Islamist and anti-democratic applications. The reason of
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ARMENIA’S DOMESTIC POLICY DYNAMICS
The most notable event in the domestic politics of this year in Armenia was the resignation of the Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan on 3 March. The reason for the resignation and its implications were
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GEORGIA-ARMENIA RELATIONS: RISKS ARE GROWING
Official Tbilisi is pointing to uncertainties in the fate of relations with Armenia more frequently lately. First of all, tax raise imposed on the goods of the Armenian origin is being speculated upon, with
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SARKISYAN’S DESPERATION: POLITICAL DISASTER OF UNWELCOMED PRESIDENT
Armenia’s incumbent head of state Serzh Sargsyan arrived to disrespectful greeting by the South American leaders. Argentina’s president refused to meet him and President of Uruguay saw him in his village house. If on
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