Politics of the Turkish Conflict: The Kurdish Issue
There is still a weak civil movement and a growing number of people who wish to re-open the resolution process in search of peace and socio-political reconciliation.
Revisiting Turkey’s Protean Self vs. ‘Other’
‘Ontological insecurity’ provides a more accurate analysis of Turkey’s Europeanization project as an alternative theoretical perspective to realism and constructivism.
A Critical Contribution to Academic Freedom in Turkey
The majority of academics seem to fail to understand the relationship between the pressure on academic freedom and the neoliberal-conservative pressure on the labour force.
Turkey and the EU: Strategic Rapprochement in the Shadow of the Refugee Crisis
At the present juncture, EU-Turkey relations seem to be evolving towards a strategic partnership rather than Turkey’s full integration into the Union.
Fortress Europe? Porous Borders and EU Dependence on Neighbour Countries
EU borders cannot be understood without understanding the relations with its neighbours and the stability in its borderlands. The image of Fortress Europe is too naïve.
Review – MIKTA, Middle Powers, and New Dynamics of Global Governance
By being one of the few scholarly texts to focus on the MIKTA, Jongryn’s edited volume is a substantial contribution to global governance literature.
Turkey’s Borderlands, the Syrian Civil War, and the Kurds
For countries that share a long land border and overlapping populations with similar customs, ‘spillover’ is a natural sociological corollary of transnational ties.
Kurds, Democracy and a New Coalition Government
The Turkish election results validate the path towards a political solution to the Kurdish question and point towards further Kurdish unity in the region.
Transboundary Water Governance in the Euphrates Tigris River Basin
One of the biggest challenges now is to establish transboundary water cooperation in the midst of current state of affairs in the Euphrates-Tigris river basin.
Turkish Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times
Turkey’s democratic consolidation problems in the domestic arena have posed limitations on its ability to project power in the region, and widened the chasm with the European Union.
