Category Archives: Turkey

Dec 11 2019

Turkish populism as a “Theory-reconstructing” case study

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By Yaprak Gürsoy Although there is consensus that the AKP is a populist party it does not directly resemble European or Latin American cases of populism. By exploring the case of Turkey and its difference with Europe and Latin American populism, … Continue reading →

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Oct 27 2016

The EU-Turkey Deal: Ambiguities and Future Scenarios

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Posted in: Europe, Germany, Migration, Turkey

By Pınar Dinç and Irem Aydemir  The Arab Spring started the fire in 2011, and ever since the whole MENA region has been in turmoil. The civil war in Syria has quickly become a global one with the ongoing war … Continue reading →

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Mar 21 2016

Europe’s Human Rights Crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Euroscepticism, Migration, Nationalism, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Natasha Saunders Fidelity to one’s principles is measured by how they are honoured in times of crisis. Hannah Arendt – a refugee who fled Nazi Germany and became one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century … Continue reading →

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Mar 10 2016

Read All About It (Or Not): The Trouble with the Turkish Press

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Posted in: Media, Turkey

By Kate Cyr Istanbul’s 2013 Gezi Park protests unearthed muddy tales of corruption, bias, and authoritarianism that powerful conglomerates and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would have preferred buried indefinitely. The government received global scrutiny as anyone from … Continue reading →

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Feb 25 2016

The International Politics of the Refugee Crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Greece, Migration, Turkey, Vassilis Paipais

By Vassilios Paipais Last Wednesday, Vienna hosted a meeting of Balkan countries involving Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia in divisive move that deliberately excluded the Greek government from decisions concerning the tackling of the mounting refugee … Continue reading →

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Aug 28 2015

Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Media, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Catherine Briddick Europe, it seems, is facing a ‘migration crisis’. This crisis is ‘testing’ for, amongst others, the British public, because, as our Prime Minister David Cameron explained in an interview with ITV News: you have got a swarm … Continue reading →

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Aug 20 2015

Syria’s Refugees: When did the West Become so Heartless?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Christopher Phillips Recently I went to see Miss Saigon at the West End, a tragic musical set in the years after the Vietnam War. In one scene, the lead characters flee on a crowded boat full of migrants from … Continue reading →

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Oct 23 2014

Explaining the Riddle of Turkish Foreign Policy in Syria: Dilemmas, Risks and Limitations

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By Athanasios Manis Since the humanitarian crisis in Kobani made its way to world media outlets, the Turkish government has been under constant international and domestic pressure to either intervene militarily in saving Kobani and/or actively assist the overall anti-Islamic State US-led … Continue reading →

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Sep 26 2013

Further distance between EU and Turkey might jeopardise PKK-Turkish government talks

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Posted in: Enlargement, Europe, Turkey

By Zeynep Kaya The short-term fate of EU-Turkey accession talks will be determined with the publication of the European Commission’s Progress Report on Turkey on the 23 October 2013. The Turkish government’s latest democratisation package will be central to the … Continue reading →

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Apr 3 2013

Cyprus crisis: swan-song of the Eurozone

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Posted in: Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Turkey

By Vassilis Fouskas and Constantine Dimoulas* Harsh measures imposed on Cypriot political and financial authorities to address bank failures reveal, once again, that the entire architecture of the EU is in tatters. Professor Vassilis Fouskas and Dr Constantine Dimoulas contribute … Continue reading →

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