Insight Turkey
Insight Turkey
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On Turkish politics and International affairs

Turkey s Kurdish Question and the Peace Process
Turkey’s Kurdish Question and the Peace Process

Turkey currently is witnessing a series of events that are most likely to go down in history as truly important...

Monday, April 1, 2013

The Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process Stalled in Neutral
The Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process Stalled in Neutral

The Turkish-Kurdish peace process began in early 2013 and stalled soon after. During that period, the Kurds expected the...

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Identity Dynamics of the June and November 2015 Elections of
Identity Dynamics of the June and November 2015 Elections of Turkey: Kurds, Alevis and Conservative Nationalists

Identity politics was one of the major dynamics in shaping the results of both the June 7 and November 1, 2015 general...

Thursday, October 1, 2015

HDP Torn Between Violence and Politics
HDP Torn Between Violence and Politics

Although the Kurdish political movement has been participating in elections since 1991, never until June 2015 were they...

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Germany s Kurdish and PKK Policy Balance and Strategy
Germany’s Kurdish and PKK Policy: Balance and Strategy

Motivated by the allegations of Germany’s indirect support for the PKK, voiced frequently in recent years among the...

Friday, January 1, 2016

Turkey s Kurdish Peace Process from a Conflict Resolution Perspective
Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process from a Conflict Resolution Perspective

Edited by Bill Kissane, After Civil War: Division, Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Contemporary Europe is an...

Friday, July 1, 2016

A Necessary Void in International Relations Non-State Actors in the
A Necessary Void in International Relations: Non-State Actors in the Middle East

There has been a dramatic expansion in the size, scope and capacity of non-state actors around the globe in the last three...

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Rise and Fall of the AK Party s Kurdish Peace
Rise and Fall of the AK Party’s Kurdish Peace Initiatives

This study analyzes the peace and reconciliation initiatives of the AK Party governments (2002 until 2017) to address the...

Saturday, April 1, 2017

The Belt and Road Initiative and Middle Eastern Politics Challenges
The Belt and Road Initiative and Middle Eastern Politics: Challenges Ahead

Involving sixty countries, the Belt and Road Initiative sparked a global debate because of its potential economic and...

Monday, July 10, 2017

Non-State Challenges in a Re-Ordered World The Jackals of Westphalia
Non-State Challenges in a Re-Ordered World: The Jackals of Westphalia

The world felt the shock of various types of non-state actors (NSAs) such as the ETA, IRA and PKK, with their ethnic,...

Monday, January 1, 2018


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