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“I am German when we win, an immigrant when we lose”

27/07/2018 Turkey

[authorbox authorid="92" title="The Author"] M esut Ozil, Germany’s star football player of Turkish origin has announced his retirement from Germany’s national team on Sunday. Ozil stated discrimination and racism he has experienced particularly after the…

Between a rock and a hard place: how EU should deal with “Turkish issue”

22/07/2018 Turkey

Mehmet Onur Cevik

[authorbox authorid="93" title="Co-Author"] [authorbox authorid="2" title="Co-Author"] R ather than talking about the necessity of cooperation between the EU and Turkey, an issue that has been triggering a massive body of literature, this analysis will focus on…

Understanding Turkey’s election

26/06/2018 Turkey

Julius M. Rogenhofer

[authorbox authorid="86" title="The Author"] I t is an eerily familiar sight: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims victory in a televised address. Across Turkey and several European capitals victory celebrations erupt in chants of the president’s…

Turkey’s Snap Dual Elections Under a New Political Paradigm

22/06/2018 Turkey

Mehmet Onur Cevik

[authorbox authorid="93" title="The Author"] P reviously, Turkey had covered a significant distance on the path of democratization by starting accession talks with the EU on October 3, 2005; however today, the global perception towards Turkish…

Which factors may determine the outcomes of critical June 24 elections?

21/06/2018 Turkey

Zeynep Mentesoglu

[authorbox authorid="92" title="The Author"] O nly a few days left for Turkey’s June 24 snap elections. Turkey will hold to two elections: parliamentary and presidential on Sunday. It is of capital importance. In April 2017…

Can Austria’s anti-mosque decision turn to Erdogan as vote?

15/06/2018 Turkey

Zeynep Mentesoglu

[authorbox authorid="92" title="The Author"] A ustrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s move to close mosques frustrates Turkey’s President Erdogan. Kurz’s statement on closing seven mosques and expel around 60 imams and their families seems to trigger a…

Erdogan the merchant of Gaza

13/06/2018 Turkey

Tionenji Lishomwa

[authorbox authorid="89" title="The Author"] T here is a complex web of vested interests and moral battles surrounding the notorious Gaza conflict. The deaths of Palestinians being used as ‘human shields’ have been used as a…

President Erdogan’s juggling act

17/05/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Robert Ellis

[authorbox authorid="83" title="The Author"] A t Tuesday’s press conference with Turkey’s President Erdogan, the best Theresa May could muster in the form of condemnation of Turkey’s human rights abuses was a pious reminder: “I have…

Erdogan’s Parallel State in Kosovo Functions Despite Prime Minister Haradinaj

30/03/2018 Turkey

Julien Hoez

O n the 29th March 2018, six Turkish nationals from a college in Kosovo were “urgently” detained, arrested, and subsequently deported to Turkey due to alleged links to exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen. No doubt…

Turkey and Europe: The Great Divide

27/03/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Robert Ellis

[authorbox authorid="83" title="The Author"] A fter Monday’s summit in Varna, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov could heave a sigh of relief. Beforehand, he feared the meeting between European Council President Donald Tusk and European President…