Not Turkey but the PKK Ended the Peace Process
Muhittin Ataman said in a televised debate on France 24 that in fact the AK Party government initiated the peace process and tried to continue despite negative developments, but unfortunately, the PKK itself declared several times that the process was over.
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Preventive Military Operations of Turkey Against Terrorism
The operations demonstrate that Turkey will use different measures against these terrorist groups in and out of its borders.
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Turkeys next government must reflect each partys minimum requirements and modest goals rather than dreams of a grand transformation.
Relations between Turkey and Russia have constantly been underemphasized and understudied since the end of the Cold War. Despite vibrant economic relations between the two countries and an increasing degree of social and cultural rapport via the constant movement of goods and services along the borders, the nature of relations between the two countries has not been very well discussed in academic and policy circles.
There will be no major impact on the relations between Turkey and Europe because Turkey will still be a democratic country with a democratically elected leader.
The parliamentary system in Turkey did not isolate or end the antidemocratic means of intervention in democratic processes.
Toward the Turkey-EU Customs Union 2.0
The global history of development reminds us that all rising economic powers tried to penetrate the European and American markets at some point along their particular trajectory, and Turkey is no exception to this rule.
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Kenan Evren and Coups in Turkey
The continuous military interventions over the last 60 years of Turkish democracy have left a series of different victims of coups. The destructive and bloody aftermath of coups anywhere is always remembered as the darkest days of the countries' histories just as 1980 was one of the darkest years for Turkey
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Ismail Caglar pointed out to the media ethics when deciding to feed readers with images about sensitive issues.
In fact, the timing of the operation may be interpreted as a sign of Turkeys diligence to more actively fight against ISIS.
The spring issue of Insight Turkey invites individual paper contributions that address Turkey's energy security relations within the changing dynamics of regional security system.
The business elite in TÜSİAD circles never saw the AK Party governments as a natural partner with whom they could forge a long-term and strategic developmental alliance.
This is not about to listen to, or understand, what Davutoğlu says. This is about defining and positioning a speculative other, the AK Party.
Discursive criticisms targeting Turkey since day one of the uprisings in the Middle East may be categorized under three headings: Discourses claiming that Turkey acts ideological, the discourse of precious loneliness, and the irrationality discourse.
Tunisia and Morocco have improved their standards of democracy and positively responded to the demands of their people throughout the Arab Spring.
If street violence undermines the nation's security and stability, the country might end up short of a stable environment to build a more democratic political system.
Turkey's presidency of the G20 in 2015 presents a golden opportunity to bring crucial development issues to the global governance agenda and stimulate dynamism of its national economy by forming new diplomatic and commercial linkages.
The international community has to be more sensitive to the issue of Syrian refugees in Turkey and other neighboring countries and more supportive of these countries that now host millions of refugees.
U.S. officials are eager to point their fingers at Turkey and blame Ankara for its inaction in the crisis in Kobani.
Turkey is going through challenging times from a number of angles, but fortunately, there is sufficient political and administrative capacity as well as crisis management experience to overcome these challenges.
