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The Kurdish Issue: Can the AK Party Escape Securitization?

Articles

The Kurdish question has been a source of domestic conflict since the inception of the Turkish Republic. It has been one of the mostly securitized...

Turkey’s New Approaches toward the PKK, Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Question

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In a sharp break from the past, Turkey’s AK Party government now openly accepts the existence of a domestic Kurdish problem, and views it moreover...

Turkey’s New Approaches toward the PKK, Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Question

Articles

In a sharp break from the past, Turkey’s AK Party government now openly accepts the existence of a domestic Kurdish problem, and views it moreover...

Turkey’s New Approaches toward the PKK, Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Question

Articles

In a sharp break from the past, Turkey’s AK Party government now openly accepts the existence of a domestic Kurdish problem, and views it moreover...

Turkey’s New Approaches toward the PKK, Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Question

Articles

In a sharp break from the past, Turkey’s AK Party government now openly accepts the existence of a domestic Kurdish problem, and views it moreover...

Turkey's Northern Iraq Policy: Competing Perspectives

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This article argues that Turkey's approach towards the Kurds of northern Iraq provides analysts with an opportunity to demonstrate that the...

Turkey's Northern Iraq Policy: Competing Perspectives

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This article argues that Turkey's approach towards the Kurds of northern Iraq provides analysts with an opportunity to demonstrate that the...

Turkey's Northern Iraq Policy: Competing Perspectives

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This article argues that Turkey's approach towards the Kurds of northern Iraq provides analysts with an opportunity to demonstrate that the...

Saltanatın Dervisleri, Dervislerin SaltanatI: istanbul'da Mevlevilik The Dervishes of Sovereignty

Book Reviews

2007 was the 800th anniversary of the JaIalal al-Din al-Rumi.UNESCO designated 2007 as the Rurni year and a large number of activities were...

Saltanatın Dervisleri, Dervislerin SaltanatI: istanbul'da Mevlevilik The Dervishes of Sovereignty

Book Reviews

2007 was the 800th anniversary of the JaIalal al-Din al-Rumi.UNESCO designated 2007 as the Rurni year and a large number of activities were...

Contentious Issues of Security and the Future of Turkey

Book Reviews

During the long years of the cold war, Turkey's foreign and security policies usually received little attention in the academic literature. Its...

Discussing Recent Literature on Turkish Politics: The Myth within the Myth

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This paper challenges the view that the AKP is an "Islamist Party" and "hardly a democratic opening." It puts forward the argument that the AKP's...

Discussing Recent Literature on Turkish Politics: The Myth within the Myth

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This paper challenges the view that the AKP is an "Islamist Party" and "hardly a democratic opening." It puts forward the argument that the AKP's...

Discussing Recent Literature on Turkish Politics: The Myth within the Myth

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This paper challenges the view that the AKP is an "Islamist Party" and "hardly a democratic opening." It puts forward the argument that the AKP's...

Discussing Recent Literature on Turkish Politics: The Myth within the Myth

Articles

This paper challenges the view that the AKP is an "Islamist Party" and "hardly a democratic opening." It puts forward the argument that the AKP's...

Discussing Recent Literature on Turkish Politics: The Myth within the Myth

Articles

This paper challenges the view that the AKP is an "Islamist Party" and "hardly a democratic opening." It puts forward the argument that the AKP's...

Turkish Perceptions of the West

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This article, based on a book published by SETA, looks at the attitudes of Turkish people towards what is conceived as the West and Western...

Turkish Perceptions of the West

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This article, based on a book published by SETA, looks at the attitudes of Turkish people towards what is conceived as the West and Western...

Turkish Perceptions of the West

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This article, based on a book published by SETA, looks at the attitudes of Turkish people towards what is conceived as the West and Western...

Turkish Perceptions of the West

Articles

This article, based on a book published by SETA, looks at the attitudes of Turkish people towards what is conceived as the West and Western...

Turkish Perceptions of the West

Articles

This article, based on a book published by SETA, looks at the attitudes of Turkish people towards what is conceived as the West and Western...

Europeanizatiaon and Nationalism in the Turkish-Greek Rapprochement

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This paper attempts to evaluate the forces behind the Turkish-Greek rapprochement, its prospects and its limitations. In the first part, through an...

Turkey’s Foreign Policy Vision: An Assessment of 2007

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Turkey’s foreign policy needs a new orientation in the light of the new regional and global developments. As a major country in the midst of the...

Turkey’s Foreign Policy Vision: An Assessment of 2007

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Turkey’s foreign policy needs a new orientation in the light of the new regional and global developments. As a major country in the midst of the...

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