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NEW EDITED BOOK: TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Istanbul Kent University’s Political Science and Public Administration (English) department chair and International Political Academy (UPA) founder Prof. Ozan Örmeci and Prof. Herbert Reginbogin from the Catholic University of America edited a new volume
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INTERVIEW WITH FRENCH HISTORIAN DR. MAXIME GAUIN
Dr. Maxime Gauin is working as Visiting Professor and continues to make research since August 2012 for Turkish think-tank AVİM (Avrasya İncelemeleri Merkezi). Gauin took his BA degree from the department of History at
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ALİ BABACAN ESTABLISHES DEMOCRACY AND LEAP PARTY (DEVA PARTI)
Introduction Turkey’s influential young politician Ali Babacan established a new centrist political party called Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi (Democracy and Leap Party) today. This was an expected move on the side of Babacan since
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NEW POLITICAL PARTY INITIATIVES IN TURKEY
As Turkey’s economic problems deepen with the ongoing recession and the volatility in Turkish lira[1], dissatisfaction with the current political system increases both at the mass and political elite levels in the country. After
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LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES IN TURKEY
Introduction As a regional research area, Latin America has not been much common in Turkey. There are some reasons for this situation. First of all, geographical distance, lack of historical, political and economic relations
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR THOMAS MAROIS ON POLITICS AND FINANCE IN TURKEY
Ayşe Yarar: Dr. Marois, thank you very much for accepting our interview proposal. Could you please give us some information about your academic life and studies, especially about your book titled States, Banks and
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‘SINK OR SWIM’: TIME FOR A TWO-WAY RE-ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE EU
EU-Turkey relations were put on hold before the summer awaiting approval by European Union (EU) Member States to restart negotiations on the basis of European Commission’s annual Turkey progress report. For the first time
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