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DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’DEN YENİ MAKALE:”TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS DURING AK PARTI RULE: COULD ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TRANSFORM INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP? A REALISTIC OUTLOOK”
İstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölüm Başkanı ve Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Kurucu Genel Koordinatörü Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci’nin “Turkish-Russian Relations during AK Parti Rule: Could Economic Partnership Transform into a
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THE RISE AND FALL OF ISIS: REGIONAL DYNAMICS AND GLOBAL AMBITIONS
Is it the end of DAESH (ISIS)? It is difficult to see how the group could return after the recapturing of Raqqa and Mosul, but the quick rise and apparent fall of ISIS has
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RPP LEADER KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU’S ‘JUSTICE MARCH’
Introduction Turkey’s pro-secular, pro-European and social democratic main opposition party, Republican People’s Party (RPP – Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi in Turkish) is often criticized for being too harsh on secularism as well as acting in an elitist
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SYRIAN WAR: NEW DANGEROUS SCENARIOS
A stand-off over the Middle East problem is further straining relations between the USA and Russia. Official Washington sharply condemned the air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo, which killed 323 civilians, including
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TURKISH SOLDIER IN SYRIA: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO HEAVY OFFENSIVE AGAINST TERRORISM
The Syrian crisis is full of surprises. Big nations of the world and the region actively interfere with the situation in that country. Truth be told, today Syria resembles a quagmire. This country has
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TURKEY-IRAN: WILL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SUCCEED?
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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WHERE DOES THE GULF STAND ON THE SYRIA CHEMICAL DEAL?
The Syrian chemical weapons deal between the United States and Russia appears to be fraught with dangers. There are a number of immediate problems in the wake of the diplomatic breakthrough that the euphoria
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TURKEY’S FOREIGN POLICY NEEDS A RESET
Turkey’s current situation proves that the AKP’s foreign policy approach has roundly failed. When they rose to power in 2002, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made a
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KİLİS, MİDYAT, ANTAKYA: WHERE HUMANITY IS LAID BARE?
I travelled to Turkey a month or so ago for a wedding, and a friend asked what I would like to do with my few days of free time. My immediate response: let’s go
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