Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols on October 10, 2009 at Zurich University in Switzerland, with a view to opening a new chapter in bilateral...

This article deals with debates surrounding the package of constitutional amendments proposed by AK Party deputies. The proposal consists of 27...

In recent years, the EU’s newest members – having identified a number of shared interests that make collaboration between them desirable, if not...

Despite repeated calls and promises, Turkish Cypriots live in economic, political and humanitarian isolation. This paper tries to address one...

This article analyzes Turkey’s domestic political developments in 2009, by situating them against the results and implications of the 2007 national...

Since the early 2000s, Turkish foreign policy has experienced a fundamental transformation. Turkey’s regional and global position, its relations...

Despite the general tendency within the literature on Islamism to label all Islamist associations as undemocratic due to shared Islamic ethos. this...

Arab-Turkish relations have always been -- at least since the Cold War -- haunted by the Arab elite's concerns. which with time became an obstacle...

After decades of ups and downs In relations between Turkey and the Arab world, the Development and Justice Party that differed ideologically from...

İn this article we seek to answer three interrelated questions: First, how do the Islamic, national and democratic forces perceive the justice and...

On December 27, 2008, Israel launched a deadly attack on Gaza. Turkey responded immediately to the Israeli attacks and strongly criticized the...

Under the Obama administration, American foreign policy will be engaged in genuine coalition building with allies. Such a return to multilateralism...

Obama's election represents an important opportunity to put US-Turkish relations on a new, more cooperative footing. On many issues especially...

The Kurdish initiative announced by the governing Justice and Development Party has increased the discussions on the proper ways and forms of...

This commentary reflects on the Turkish government’s recent ‘opening’ to address the Kurdish problem and the domestic, regional and international...

The AK Party’s chronic ‘political insecurity’ may have passed a threshold as the ruling party resurfaces as an actor taking advantage of its...

In the foreseeable future, the international system will become one of multipolarity. This new order can be sustainable and peaceful only if it can...

The Road Map to normalization of bilateral Armenian-Turkish relations announced in April 2009 has not yet been made public, and a slowdown is...

Turkish media frequently employ the term “White Turks” to describe the Turkish cultural elite. Although Turks are unfamiliar with American-style...

Iran’s elections have historically managed factional conflict without altering the institutional distribution of power. Against this political...

Is Islam particularly inimical to modernity, and the two are never to be reconciled? Many westerners and Muslims alike would argue that this is the...

Given its close political, economic, social and cultural ties to the region, stability, prosperity and a cooperative atmosphere in the South...

This article presents a descriptive account of the March 2009 local elections in Turkey and offers a nation-wide and regional evaluation of trends...

This article discusses the limits of the freedom of political parties in Turkey. 'The political party bans constitute one of the most important...