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Dealing with Autocrats: A principled approach to Erdogan’s state visit to Germany

14/09/2018 Turkey

[authorbox authorid="86" title="The Author"] D espite ongoing tensions between Turkey and its Western allies, the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a state visit in late September. The success…

Opposition in decay: Erdogan’s perpetual victory

13/08/2018 Turkey

Irene Christodoulaki

[authorbox authorid="28" title="The Author"] A fter the June elections, the Turkish opposition is in disarray. It seems to be out of ideas while trying to reorganize itself. Even the ongoing currency crisis with the USA…

Turkey’s Pledged Economic War: Pastor Brunson Effect or A Self-fulfilling Prophecy

13/08/2018 Turkey

Zeynep Mentesoglu

[authorbox authorid="92" title="The Author"] O n last Friday, Turkish Lira has fallen to a record low against the dollar suffering its worst one-day lost. At the wee hours Turkish lira has traded at the exchange…

Turkey’s Presidential System and Resource Distribution Tools

03/08/2018 Turkey

Xavier Palacios

[authorbox authorid="96" title="The Author"] A nalysts in Europe, the US and Turkey have focused on how the latest victory of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the presidential elections and the victory of the Adalet ve Kalkınma…

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

27/07/2018 Turkey

Zeynep Mentesoglu

[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…

A New Era: Turkey’s 98-year parliamentary system ended

11/07/2018 Beyond Europe

Zeynep Mentesoglu

[authorbox authorid="92" title="The Author"] T urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath of office on July 9, which officially closed a page in Turkey’s history and started the new government system. Erdogan had won out…

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…

The Putin club is growing but who will benefit more?

21/06/2018 Russia

Alessio Tardivo

[authorbox authorid="91" title="The Author"] I n recent days, Angela Merkel’s visit in Sochi to meet President Vladimir Putin, followed by Emmanuel Macron’s flight to St. Pietersburg to meet the former KGB lieutenant recently elected President…

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…

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