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TURKEY-IRAN: WILL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SUCCEED?

TURKEY-IRAN: WILL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SUCCEED?

upa-admin Şubat 16, 2014 0

Visit of Prime Minister R.T. Erdoğan to Tehran revealed some intriguing aspects. Experts were quick to respond, claiming that strategic interests underpin Ankara-Tehran rapprochement. Admittedly, Iran-Turkey relations are capable of impacting geopolitical dynamics of

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TURKEY AT THE CROSSROADS

TURKEY AT THE CROSSROADS

upa-admin Şubat 8, 2014 0

Turkey at these days gives the impression of a country at the crossroads… Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasing authoritarianism and repressive policies[1], in addition to unsuccessful foreign policy adventures in the Middle East,

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ERGENEKON COUP PLOT TRIAL: REGIME CHANGE THROUGH LAW

ERGENEKON COUP PLOT TRIAL: REGIME CHANGE THROUGH LAW

upa-admin Ağustos 5, 2013 0

The Ergenekon coup plot trial, which is considered as the most important legal battle in recent Turkish history, reached an end yesterday (05.08.2013) after Istanbul’s 13th High Criminal Court handed down severe punishments, including

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