New Constitution, 'New Turkey'?
Editor's Notes
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 and 1982 were penned under the military regimes. As such, a restrictive civil rights regime and institutionalization of the power of the unelected bodies vis-à-vis representative organs characterized these military-made constitutions.
Commentaries
The CHP constitutes a crucial place in Turkish political life. From its establishment to its...
The recent reform of the Turkish constitution makes Turkey a more democratic country according to...
This commentary studies the results of the constitutional referendum that took place on September...
Much has been said and written about US-Turkish relations recently. The main reason for that is...
Owing to a changing geopolitical environment and a new foreign-policy approach, Turkey’s policies...
Articles
This paper hypothesizes that analyzing the geo-economic and energy security characteristics of...
Kosovo is one of the last states in the Balkan puzzle to gain its independence. The disputed...
The effectiveness of the Muslim world in finding a solution to the Darfur conflict is open to...
The past six decades have witnessed Turkey’s evolution from an aid recipient to an emerging donor...
Many actors have been interested in probing the approach that enabled Turkey to transform the...
This article aims to explore one of the critical and relatively understudied dimensions of...
This paper argues that the Turkish Constitutional Court acts within a set of limitations which...
Turkey is moving toward achieving an ever-greater level of democracy by removing the remnants of...
Book Reviews
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This slim volume examines a relationship that is pivotal for the stability of the Gulf and the...
There is a growing literature on what political settlements are to be adopted in deeply divided...
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