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The Militant Kurds A Dual Strategy for Freedom
The Militant Kurds: A Dual Strategy for Freedom

This is not just another book criticizing Turkey for its well-known Kurdish problem. Rather it is an ably crafted analysis...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Turkey at the Crossroads From Change with Politics as Usual
Turkey at the Crossroads: From “Change with Politics as Usual” to Politics with Change as Usual

The article analyzes the new roadmap for Turkey after the summer 2011 elections as not a “resumption” of unfinished...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The Electoral Success of the AKP Cause for Hope and
The Electoral Success of the AKP: Cause for Hope and Despair

The 2011 elections marked the emergence of the AKP as a political brand that is likely to win all the elections in the...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The 2011 Elections and the Kurdish Question1
The 2011 Elections and the Kurdish Question1

This essay argues that the 2011 election results point to a number of important conclusions concerning the Kurdish...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The Nationalist Action Party in the 2011 Elections The Limits
The Nationalist Action Party in the 2011 Elections: The Limits of Oscillating Between State and Society

The MHP won 13 percent of the vote in the June 2011 elections, which guaranteed it 52 seats in parliament. Ever since the...

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Sharing Power Turkey s Democratization Challenge in the Age of
Sharing Power: Turkey’s Democratization Challenge in the Age of the AKP Hegemony

After a major wave of democratization over the last decade, the stalemate in Turkey’s reform process and the rising...

Monday, April 1, 2013

Re-Imagining the Ottoman Past in Turkish Politics Past and Present
Re-Imagining the Ottoman Past in Turkish Politics: Past and Present

The article analyses the use of Ottoman past as a central theme in Turkish politics since the 1960s. It discusses how the...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Prisoners of Ourselves Totalitarianism in Everyday Life amp Turkey and
Prisoners of Ourselves: Totalitarianism in Everyday Life & Turkey and the Dilemma of EU Accession & Towards a Social History of Modern Turkey: Essays in Theory and Practice

ALTHOUGH written from a variety of perspectives at different points in history, all three books reviewed here offer...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Turkey and the European Union Processes of Europeanization
Turkey and the European Union: Processes of Europeanization

Almost eight years on from the start of accession negotiations, the view of Turkey-European Union (EU) relations is...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Theorizing the Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy
Theorizing the Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy

The transformation of Turkish foreign policy has become a closely followed subject, fueling important debates on the...

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

A Quick Glance at the History of Elections in Turkey
A Quick Glance at the History of Elections in Turkey

Generally speaking, two traditions – right-wing politics and the Left – have dominated Turkish politics over the years....

Tuesday, April 1, 2014


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