The breakdown or modification of the Islamic Republic, though not imminent, is increasingly conceivable. However, in the event that the regime were...

This article deals with a recent opinion adopted by the Venice Commission at its meeting onMarch 12-13 concerning the legal status of non-Muslim...

This article analyzes the changing concept of “minority” in today’s Turkey. Minorities have been historically conceived as a “problem” by the...

There has long existed a Kurdish political movement with its illegal, legal, and semi-legal aspects of it. All of Turkey wants peace but most...

The Alevis, with their varied discourses, are in the midst of a deep intra-comunial debate as to how they will sustain their historical identity,...

The AKP government has undertaken a series of steps to understand and respond to Alevi identity-based claims. Popularly known as the “Alevi...

Turkey’s current government’s ‘democratic opening’ project has led to a series of political discussions regarding the cause and resolve of the...

Turkey under the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has represented an opportunity to go beyond the Orientalist...

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government has initiated a number of democratic opening initiatives to tackle with the Kurdish...

This article aims to analyze the process of AKP’s democratic opening in an historical and comparative perspective with respect to various other...

This article focuses on the ongoing process of transition in Turkey from a “homogeneous national identity”, which produced a notion of “equality as...

This article agrees that there is a transformation in Turkish foreign policy. It suggests that the changes in foreign policy are not aimed to...

This article explores the cultural politics of European opposition to Turkish accession to the EU. It argues that the foundations of secularism—the...

It has become a conventional approach to look at the impact of the political institutions to understand immigrant organizing patterns in the...

Immigration of Turkish guest-workers to Western European countries in the 1960s and 1970s laid the ground for the emergence of various...

This article aims to explore multi-faceted interactions among three segments of the ‘Turkish-speaking’ immigrant community in London, composed of...

This article attempts to analyze various aspects of ethnic and religious identity configurations among the Turkish Sunni Muslims in Britain and to...

This text discusses the case of Talip, son of Turkish immigrants to Germany and a recent convert to Islam. Specifically, the text addresses Talip’s...

This article looks at the impact of Turkish voters in German politics since the 1980s with a special attention to the latest elections in September...

This article discusses a new social and political phenomenon in Europe, which has become evident along with the visibility of Islam in the European...

Turkey’s membership in the European Union (EU) is contingent on economic, political, and cultural factors. Rather than a geographic area with a...

The Kurdish question in Turkey has a long history which was viewed within the framework of nation building, integration and underdevelopment until...

The interest Turkey has generated in the Arab world over the last few years is caused by the convergence of changes in Turkey, the Middle East, and...

For centuries, the Arabs and Turks were subjects of the Ottoman Sultanate and were largely shaped by the dominant Ottoman culture and mode of...