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...

This paper draws on the ‘moral’ dimensions of Turkey’s ‘new’ foreign policy as it became manifest after the Justice and Development Party rose to...

The IHH delivers relief aid to 140 countries worldwide. Quite recently, as a novel humanitarian practice, the IHH has begun acting as a mediator in...

This article analyzes Turkey’s official energy strategy to indicate how it responds to actual challenges by striking a compromise between market...

Modern international relations are a reflection of the successful coordination of various factors, including close cooperation and a strategic...

Since 2003, by instituting a multidimensional foreign policy, Turkey has aimed to reach new geographies and regions by creating and using her soft...

The exportation of groundbreaking Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) gas resources will only be possible as a result of full regional stabilization...

This article presents an analysis method for oil price movements that tries to combine different factors such as technology, economics, fear, and...

Asian values discourse has focused on the Confucian cultural peculiarities of East Asia as the motorforce behind the East Asian “miracle”, which is...

With Turkey’s recent transition from a nation of net emigration to one of net immigration, it becomes important to understand how the country is...

This article considers the different components of the “acquis communautaire” in the matter of religion. The “acquis communautaire” is the set of...

This article examines the relationship between the State and religion in Great Britain. After summarizing the key features of the constitution of...

This article focuses on the complex question of state-religion relations in Belgium and examines definition of laicism/secularism in the...

Religion remains an influential force in our time despite the prophesy of secularization theory which argued that religion will fade away. In the...

This article examines complex relations between the state and churches as well as religious communities as defined in the Constitution of Poland...

President Barack Obama won the 2008 US presidential race with promises to restore America’s lost image and status in the world, to lead the world...