The AK Party Decade
Editor's Notes
Editor's Note | Fall 2013
As Turkey prepares for local, presidential and general elections in the next two years, domestic and foreign policy issues are becoming central topics of public debate in the context of democratization, economic development, and regional stability.
Commentaries
The anti-government protests in Turkey emerged as a legitimate and even necessary reaction...
This essay interprets the Gezi Park protests that began as a local resistance to government plans...
On August 5th, 2013, an Istanbul court reached its verdict in the Ergenekon coup plot trial,...
This brief commentary assesses the progress made by Turkey under the Justice and Development...
The Arab Spring gave rise to a variety of transitions in the Middle East. Although initial...
Egypt’s democratization efforts require domestic and international considerations: Domestically,...
Turkey is achieved a viable combination of Islam, democracy and development. After prolonged...
Articles
Do perceptions of Muslim communities differ among receiving European societies? Are attitudes...
Turkey’s 1982 Constitution does not reflect the values of modern constitutionalism. Originally,...
During the 1990s, political uncertainties in Turkey had negative effects that left the economy...
The remarkable transformation of Turkish civil-military relations since the AK Party’s rise to...
The AK Party has been a leading reform actor with particular emphasis on education. AK Party...
his paper discusses the conflict between the AK Party government and the Gezi activism with...
In the last two decades, Kyrgyzstan has searched for stability while swinging on a pendulum...
Book Reviews
Shivdeep grewal has written this excellent research-turned-into-a book on Jurgen Habermas, one of...
The continuities, changes, ruptures, and transformation of Egyptian foreign policy have been...
The subtitle of this one-volume overview of Jewish history presents its main focus as the notion...
THE CONTINUED and growing presence of Islam and Muslims in the West has produced a plethora of...
The United States supposedly is premised on “separation of church and state,” which means the...
When Britain was more permeated by Christianity than it is today, well-meaning vicars would run...
THE NAQSHBANDIYYA is perhaps one of the widest-spread Islamic religious brotherhoods due to its...
THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) faced a stalemate of institutional reform between the signing of the...
In Istanbul, architectural ideas on how to transform Taksim Square can get you killed. A case in...
TURKEY’S EUROPEAN FUTURE tackles the question of how the United States (US) has influenced...
Interest in Turkey and its foreign and security policies has grown significantly in the political...