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...

The article analyzes the new roadmap for Turkey after the summer 2011 elections as not a “resumption” of unfinished business from the last nine...

The European Union (EU) has been devising new methods to manage irregular migration and border control. In the last few decades, a clear link has...

The relationship between Turkey (and its predecessor, the Ottoman Empire) and Europe has been long, often tense or openly hostile, and is in some...

The vigor which has characterized the Turkish approach to the Western Balkans since the end of the Cold War has transformed the country into an...

Following the Turkish Chairmanship-in-Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), 2009 represented the year of Turkey’s return...

Recent uprisings and unrests across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have brought new leadership to Egypt and Tunisia, and could possibly...

Throughout the first seven months of the Arab Spring, starting with the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid on...

Syria became the latest Middle Eastern country to join the chain of protests sweeping across the Middle East. The protests have since spread to...

The growth of new capitalist classes since the 1980s has transformed social stratification, multi-party politics and the international political...

Since 2002, the Turkish electoral environment and the party system have been undergoing a significant transformation. The Justice and Development...

Since the early 1970s, member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have been pursuing the goal of enhancing economic and...

This article examines the current state of affairs in the Black Sea region by examining Ukrainian foreign policy and its implications on regional...

This article focuses on Turkey’s process of transition from a country of emigration to a country of immigration and transit. The paper is organized...

Turkey’s Middle East policy has witnessed revolutionary changes since 1999. The changes in the attitude of Turkey towards the region can be easily...

Turkey’s Middle East policy has witnessed revolutionary changes since 1999. The changes in the attitude of Turkey towards the region can be easily...

It is unlikely that the Egyptian revolution will have a major impact on the political and strategic landscape in the Middle East in the short and...

A string of uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt followed by those in other countries have rekindled the issue of Turkey constituting a model for reform...

The regional geographical entity known as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been at the epicenter of global power struggles over the...

The historical solution to the security problem in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, that is, the active military protection of a super power, is no longer...

Our analysis will discuss Turkey’s changing direction, if any, in terms of its trade orientation. This paper argues that Turkey’s trade sector has...