This article focuses on the coverage of Gezi Park protests in the mainstream western media. It analyzes the details of the incidents and argues...

When considering the problems of media freedom in Turkey, two types of pressures come to the fore: (1) the first-hand and tangible pressures...

In this research I examine the effect of the military on Syrian politics and the uprising of 2011. I consider the military’s will to protect the...

This article analyses the EU’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis, both inside the EU and in the Syria’s neighboring countries. It first focuses...

Despite all the intellectual energy devoted to understanding “what ISIS really is,” the group remains unpredictable and inexplicable for two main...

Germany and Iran, being the most populated countries of Europe and West Asia respectively, have shared a long history on various levels,...

As Islamophobia is on the rise in German society it also reaches into public institutions like schools. Not only students are influenced by the bad...

Motivated by the allegations of Germany’s indirect support for the PKK, voiced frequently in recent years among the Turkish public, this study aims...

Uncertainty about the state of the new global order and the dynamics that govern it permeate academic literature and policy inquiries. In this new...

In a curious and hitherto largely overlooked episode, the revisionist “neo-Ottomanist” ambitions of King Hussein of Jordan and Turgut Özal of...

As a concept, identity and security are deeply intertwined on many different levels. The relationship between identity and security evokes...

The Crisis of the Uyghur problem has transformed into a key element of China’s overall national politics, identity politics, international image,...

This article analyzes the two general elections in 2015 that followed the local and presidential elections a year earlier. These elections...

The results of Turkey’s June and November 2015 parliamentary elections are put in perspective in light of economic voting literature and observed...

Identity politics was one of the major dynamics in shaping the results of both the June 7 and November 1, 2015 general elections in Turkey. The...

This article argues that the economic context of June 7th and November 1st general elections differed to a great extent. First, while the economy...

The paper explores the understanding of external voting in the context of the 2014 Turkish presidential election in which migrants from Turkey were...

The Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) more than 13 years rule has ushered in a debate as to whether the AK Party has become a “dominant...

The electoral will reflected at the ballot box on November 1 confirmed the hegemony of the AK Party in Turkey’s party system and raised numerous...

The November 2015 snap elections mark a lost opportunity for Turkey to form a coalition government between the AK Party and other potential...

This paper aims to provide an analysis of the ‘new’ in ‘the new Middle East.’ We argue that what is ‘new’ is the revolt against the West currently...

This paper conceives of the Arab Spring as a leap forward that has relegated the established order to the status of a ‘walking dead.’ The ‘old’...

The Arab Uprisings and their transformational impact across MENA have generated immense debate about the future of the region’s countries during a...

This article explores Turkey’s changing regional security and Ankara’s pursuit of a missile defense shield. We assess three options available to...