As the spring issue of Insight Turkey goes to print the Middle East nears another great crisis or even a war. The Syrian quagmire may be the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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