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RELIABILITY AND RECOGNITION OF TURKISH CYPRIOT POLITICS & POLITICIANS

RELIABILITY AND RECOGNITION OF TURKISH CYPRIOT POLITICS & POLITICIANS

upa-admin Temmuz 30, 2013 0

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION  “Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.”[1] Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, as a micro-state, has many advantages and disadvantages.

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EU-TURKEY RELATIONS AFTER GEZİ: ANOTHER HALT OR AN INCENTIVE TO REVIVE TURKEY’S MORIBUND ACCESSION PROCESS?

EU-TURKEY RELATIONS AFTER GEZİ: ANOTHER HALT OR AN INCENTIVE TO REVIVE TURKEY’S MORIBUND ACCESSION PROCESS?

upa-admin Temmuz 15, 2013 0

In my previous article I was to a certain extent optimistic over a positive breakthrough in EU-Turkey relations in 2013. However, the way Prime Minister Erdoğan and the AKP members (with a few exceptions)

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2013: A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD EU-TURKEY RELATIONS?

2013: A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD EU-TURKEY RELATIONS?

upa-admin Mayıs 19, 2013 0

Turkey has been knocking on Europe’s door for more than 50 years now. Turkey’s accession to the European Union (EU) is known to be the longest and most tortuous process of EU membership negotiations.

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