Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
Challenging ideas
On Turkish politics and International affairs

Editor's Note Winter 2012

Editor's Note | Winter 2012

The year 2011 left a new Middle East in its wake. People power has toppled powerful authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. What will...

Editor's Note Fall 2011

Editor's Note | Fall 2011

It seems that the 2011 summer elections marks the end of the old maxim that conveniently formulates politics as “the art of the possible.” It is no...

Editor's Note Summer 2011

Editor's Note | Summer 2011

There is no better instrument than the ballot box to decide “who is to govern” if we care about popular legitimacy. No one can question the mandate...

Editor's Note Spring 2011

Editor's Note | Spring 2011

A wave of change has been shaking the Arab Middle East led by Tunisia and Egypt, spreading to Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. We are witnessing...

Guest Editor's Note Winter 2011

Guest Editor's Note | Winter 2011

Turkey’s rejuvenated foreign policy activism firmly constructed on novel conceptual parameters, such as “strategic depth,” “zero problems with...

Editor's Note Fall 2010

Editor's Note | Fall 2010

Turkey’s history of democratization is also a history of constitutional amendments. This is so because the last two Turkish constitutions of 1961...

Guest Editor's Note Summer 2010

Guest Editor's Note | Summer 2010

Whatever glossy expressions we use in describing an energy strategy, at the end of the day it all boils down to the ability to provide our citizens...

Editor's Note Spring 2010

Editor's Note | Spring 2010

Turkey’s political transformation is continuing with new waves of democratization. The latest move is an initiative proposed by the AK Party’s...

Guest Editor's Note Winter 2010

Guest Editor's Note | Winter 2010

Migration and settlement of Turks and Muslims in Europe since the 1960s irrevocably changed the social, cultural, religious and demographic...

Editor's Note Fall 2009

Editor's Note | Fall 2009

When analyzing Islam and democracy, pundits and scholars have tended to focus on Arab-majority countries, all of which are authoritarian. This...

Editor's Note Summer 2009

Editor's Note | Summer 2009

The Turkish political scene did not witness a profound change with the local elections of March 2009. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK...

Editor's Note Spring 2009

Editor's Note | Spring 2009

The Turkish domestic and foreign policy agenda has been occupied by monumental developments over the last three months. Discussions have ranged...

Editor's Note

In its new issue Insight Turkey explores the potentials and limits of Turkey's soft power.

Editor's Note

On July 10, 2008, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a historic visit to Baghdad following up the visit of Iraqi president Jelal...

Editor's Note

The closure case against the ruling AK Party pending before the constitutional court occupied the center stage of Turkish politics throughout the...

Editor's Note | Fall 2018

Insight Turkey,in its 10 th volume, is out with a new design. We hope you will like it.

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