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Party Politics in the Western Balkans is a volume of articles edited by Vera Stojarová and Peter Emerson about the...
Monday, July 6, 2020
Civil protests began on May 27, 2013, in opposition to modernization works planned for Gezi Park near Taksim Square,...
Monday, July 1, 2013
The March 2014 local elections in Turkey did not drastically alter electoral balances in Turkey. The AK Party maintained...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The context of and the meaning conferred upon the local elections led it to be fought in a referandum-like atmosphere....
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
The current peace process regarding Turkey’s Kurdish question could pave the way for the normalization of politics and...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The electoral will reflected at the ballot box on November 1 confirmed the hegemony of the AK Party in Turkey’s party...
Thursday, October 1, 2015
In June 2015, Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) lost its parliamentary majority after thirteen...
Thursday, October 1, 2015
There are many institutions playing a role in weaving the ideals of democracy into Turkey’s social fabric. Many political...
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Turkey between Democracy and Militarism: Post Kemalist Perspectives” provides a comprehensive picture of the struggle...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Ali Balcı’s Militarist State Discourse in Turkey is an adaption of the second chapter of his PhD thesis that surveyed the...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Turkey under the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has represented an opportunity to go beyond...
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Turkey’s current government’s ‘democratic opening’ project has led to a series of political discussions regarding the...
Thursday, April 1, 2010
This commentary studies the results of the constitutional referendum that took place on September 12, 2010. It argues that...
Friday, October 1, 2010
This paper discusses the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, within the context of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. What...
Monday, October 1, 2012
This analysis offers an evaluation of the last three elections of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq. These...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Even though they are not the sole forms of organization in a democratic system, political parties constitute the most...
Saturday, October 1, 2016
This commentary analyzes the question of political transformation in Turkey, which has been a hotly debated issue for more...
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Since the introduction of the individual application as a constitutional remedy, the Turkish Constitutional Court, which...
Saturday, October 1, 2016
This article examines how the Turks’ views of the European Union align with notions of a center-periphery cleavage in...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The changes in Turkey’s political landscape over the past decade have been quite dramatic. In this study, we present a...
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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