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Turkish Identity
The Emergence of the Government s Perspective on the Kurdish
The Emergence of the ‘Government’s Perspective on the Kurdish Issue

The AK Party’s chronic ‘political insecurity’ may have passed a threshold as the ruling party resurfaces as an actor...

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Rise of Radical Liberal Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy
The Rise of Radical Liberal Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy

Change is a central concept in Turkish and global politics. It forms the basis of liberal ideology, alongside freedom,...

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Ottomans Imagining Japan East Middle East and Non-Western Modernity at
Ottomans Imagining Japan: East, Middle East, and Non-Western Modernity at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

The division of the world into the “West and the “East” continues to exert substantial influence on the way we see,...

Friday, January 1, 2016

An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism Between Turkish Ethnicity and
An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism: Between Turkish Ethnicity and Islamic Identity

With An Intellectual History of Turkish Nationalism, Umut Uzer addresses a gap in the English-language scholarly...

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Negotiating Europe EU-Turkey Relations from an Identity Perspective
Negotiating Europe: EU-Turkey Relations from an Identity Perspective

This article analyzes the identity dimension of EU-Turkey relations from the constructivist perspective in international...

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Modernity Identity and Turkey s Foreign Policy
Modernity, Identity and Turkey’s Foreign Policy

Despite its unique geographical and cultural position between East and the West, Turkey, throughout its modern history,...

Friday, November 21, 2008


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