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2014 TURKISH LOCAL ELECTIONS: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Turkish people went to polls for municipal elections yesterday. Early results show that the governing Justice and Development Party (JDP) and its authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had their sixth consecutive victory.[1] Current results
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TURKISH-ISRAELI RAPPROCHEMENT?
Although Turkish-Israeli relations seem to have hit the bottom in the recent years[1] -especially after the “one minute”[2] and “low seat”[3] crises as well as the Mavi Marmara incident[4]-, in fact recent news in
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TURKEY AT THE CROSSROADS
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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EU-TURKEY RELATIONS IN 2014: GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START?
The most optimistic scenarios foresaw that Turkey could become an EU member around the year 2014 if Turkey’s domestic reforms were ambitious enough and the EU would have had a clear political will to
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UPA WRITER AYŞE YARAR’S INTERVIEW FOR A MEXICAN WEBSITE
Taken from El Internacionalista.com 1. Thank you for accepting this interview. Could you tell us a little about your life, your studies and your stay in Mexico? Ayşe Yarar: You are welcome, it is
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PARTIES BEYOND BORDERS AND THE TURKISH CASE
Societies have faced globalization with the same opportunity or threat components in different levels and various fields over the last decades. It can be seen that globalization affects many areas such as economic, social,
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ANALYSIS OF TURKEY’S SOFT POWER STRATEGY
Introduction Since the Turkish Republic was established, “Peace at home, peace in the world” principle has always constituted the basis of Turkish foreign policy originated by the founder of Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal
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RPP LEADER KEMAL KILIÇDAROĞLU’S WASHINGTON VISIT
Turkey’s main opposition party Republican People’s Party’s leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been making an official visit to Washington. Kılıçdaroğlu kicked off his program on Saturday. Kılıçdaroğlu, accompanied by the party’s deputy chairs – Faruk
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INTERVIEW WITH MURAT PARILTI ON TURKEY’S SOFT POWER STRATEGY
Interview with Murat Parıltı (University of Northampton, Free Lance Researcher) Subject: TURKEY’S SOFT POWER STRATEGY Ali Koca: We witness profound changes when we analyze Turkish Foreign Policy between the years 1923-2013. As a matter of
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YRD. DOÇ. DR. OZAN ÖRMECİ’NİN TUNUS KONFERANSI
Uluslararası Politika Akademisi (UPA) Genel Koordinatörü ve Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümü başkanı Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ozan Örmeci, 12 Kasım 2013 tarihinde Tunus’ta Ramada Hotel’de FES’in düzenlediği Young Leaders konferansına
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