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AUTOCRATIC REGIMES IN BALKANS AND THE EFFECTS OF POPULATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY
Inter-war era can be observed as rise of authoritarianism in most of the countries of the Europe. However, one region pops right up to our mind is Balkans; being vulnerable and open to intervention.
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THE CYPRUS ISSUE
“If a stone falls on the egg, alas for the egg. If the egg falls on a stone, alas for the egg.” – A Cypriot proverb One of the most important conflicts that has
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INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR MONIQUE SOCHACZEWSKI GOLDFELD ON BRAZIL AND TURKEY
Ayşe Yarar: Mrs. Sochaczewski, thank you very much for accepting our interview proposal. Could you please give us some information about your academic life and studies? Monique Sochaczewski Goldfeld: Thank you for your interest,
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CIRCASSIANS UNDER 151 YEARS OF EXILE
“Better to die in one’s homeland than to thrive without it.” – A Circassian Proverb Nowadays we see quite a few genocide claims. Those claims are unfortunately happening to be opportunities to meddle in to
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INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST FEDERICO DONELLI ON POLITICS IN TURKEY
Ayşe Yarar: Mr. Donelli, thank you very much for accepting our interview proposal. Could you please give us some information about your academic life and studies, especially about the International Center for Contemporary Turkish
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BATTLE OF GAZA: FIRED BOMBS AND CLANDESTINE GEOPOLITICAL MOTIVES
Palestine is engulfed by fire again. Israel launched aerial strikes on Gaza in retaliation for killing of 3 Israeli teenagers. More than 200 people are dead by now. Hamas fired over one thousand rockets
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EU’S LACK OF STRATEGIC VISION MAY BRING TURKEY AND RUSSIA CLOSER
European Union’s lack of strategic vision has shown itself once again by the decision taken by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about 90 million euro compensation to be paid by the Turkish
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KEMALIST NATIONALISM AND TURKEY’S KURDISH QUESTION: ETHNICIZATION OF THE CIVIC IDENTITY
Introduction Kurdish question, Kurdish problem or the Kurdish opposition has always been a controversial issue in Turkey since the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 both on national and international levels. The problem
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THE BIRTH OF PAN-TURKISM
Pan-Turkism can be defined as a movement that emerged in 1880s among the Turkic intellectuals of the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire, with the aim of cultural and political unification of all Turkic peoples.[1]
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WAR CRIMES
Like famous English writer George Orwell once said, “War is a way of shattering to pieces… materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and… too intelligent”.[1] Although war is
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