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LIBERAL CRITICISM OF ERDOĞAN’S TURKEY
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (59), is without any doubt one of the most interesting and powerful leaders of 21st century. Erdoğan has been ruling a “torn country” like Turkey since 2003 and
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JUSTICE FOR ALL, ONE AT A TIME
2013 marks the 50th anniversary of a landmark case in American jurisprudence that upheld the right to counsel in all criminal cases, regardless of the level of offence. Mr. Gideon, charged with breaking and
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A CASE OF MODERATE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT: JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY
In order to provide an understanding of the ideology of Justice and Development Party in Turkey, the approaches of moderate Islamists should firstly be put forward. Firstly, the moderates denounce the use of violence
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TURKISH AND BULGARIAN ACCESSION TO EUROPEAN UNION IN COMPARISON
Introduction In this paper, I will examine Turkey’s on-going accession process and Bulgarian accession process to EU, which was finalized with full Bulgarian membership to EU in 1 January 2007. In order to make
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TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LAST PERIOD
Abstract: Much has been discussed about Turkish-Israeli relations in the last decade. The cooling period of the relations starting from late 1990s onwards, contributed to the rise of the questions about the discussions on
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INTERVIEW WITH AMERICAN AUTHOR CLAIRE BERLINSKI
UPA: Mrs. Berlinski it is a great honour for UPA family to make an e-interview with a famous author like you. Since there could be some people among our young readers who did not
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TURKS’ RETURN TO THE CHESSBOARD
I’ve never regretted I was born too soon. I’m proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I’m satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new world… From On
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REPUBLICAN PEOPLE’S PARTY’S IDEOLOGICAL CRISIS
After three consecutive defeats against ruling Justice and Development Party in 2002, 2007 and 2011, Turkey’s first political party Republican People’s Party is having difficult days while fluctuating between Kemalism and social democracy. Republican
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THE TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY ERA AND THE “AXIS SHIFT” DEBATE
Abstract: Turkish foreign policy has gone through important changes since its establishment due to changing internal and international conditions. Even though its major orientation remained the same as well as its basic principles, the
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