In a remarkable turnaround, Turkey and the Kurdish Regional Government have recently emerged as close partners in a region increasingly...

The “Turkish model,” in the form of a marriage between moderate Islam and democracy, the AKP’s electoral success and the economic growth witnessed...

More than a year after the start of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolts, the question of how political Islam will return to regional politics is...

Turkey redefined its geographical security environment over the last decade by deepening its engagement with neighboring regions, especially with...

Today, states not only find it necessary to secure energy supplies but also to address environmental threats due to climate change, decrease in...

The debate on the future of the Turkish-American partnership has puzzled scholars in recent years due to its constant fluctuations. In the first...

This article examines Turkish-Iranian relations in the 2000s, when the two countries initiated an unprecedented rapprochement. It argues that...

2011 brought an opportunity for Israel and Turkey to mend their bi-lateral relations. The re-election of Erdoğan in June 2011, coupled with the...

The present study seeks to answer the following questions: How was it possible that a state such as Turkey, which had until then pursued a...

This article argues that the origins of the Greek malaise are primarily political rather than economic and rooted in the delay, postponement, and...

A significant amount of research has already been made about the financial crisis. But a midterm primer is nevertheless necessary; it is critical...

What explains the rise and fall of military tutelage over Turkish democracy? This article argues that the military’s civilian allies, particularly...

This article investigates the unique trajectory of Turkish (left-) liberalism which emerged first as an intra-left polemic and left-revisionism in...

Turkey’s activism in former Yugoslavia is a continuation of the country’s post-Cold War strategy in the broader context of South East Europe. It is...

This paper compares what the two Cypriot leaders have been trying to accomplish through the peace negotiations with what public opinion on both...

The basic premise of this article is that conditions have ripened for an overall settlement of the Cyprus conflict, provided a rational approach...

This paper argues that the purpose of democratization in Jordanian politics is not only a political co-optation policy to cope with the negative...

Writing a democratic constitution is the main task in the transition from authoritarianism to democracy. There are many opposing views about many...

The article analyzes the historical roots and the current nature of the constitutional crisis in Turkey. The Constitution of 1982 strongly reflects...

The changes in Turkey’s political landscape over the past decade have been quite dramatic. In this study, we present a quantitative analysis of the...

The MHP won 13 percent of the vote in the June 2011 elections, which guaranteed it 52 seats in parliament. Ever since the 1960s, the MHP has...

This essay argues that the 2011 election results point to a number of important conclusions concerning the Kurdish question in Turkey. First, the...

This paper discusses the CHP within the paradigm of party individualization and the “political firm.” In what ways has the CHP made a break from...

The 2011 elections marked the emergence of the AKP as a political brand that is likely to win all the elections in the foreseeable future. The...