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A Review of RAND’s 2020 Turkey Report from a Civil-Military Relations Perspective

Focusing on its assessments in the “Implications for Civil-Military Relations and Military Capabilities” chapter, this paper attempts to make a critical review of RAND Corporation’s 2020 Turkey report, titled “Turkey’s...
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The US and Turkey Relations: Return to Cold War 

With US President Joe Biden in the White House, Turkey and US relations deserve a new definition....
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Erecting a security cordon around the new security threat Turkey

Even before the public life kicked off earlier this year, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman...
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EU-Turkey Relations in 2021

The EU decision-making bodies have removed from their political perspectives the Turkish accession to the European Club as well as any meaningful ad hoc co-operation with the exception of refugee gatekeeping.
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The Spread of Antisemitism in Turkey

On May 18, 2021, State Department Spokesperson, Ned Price announced  the following:  "The United States strongly condemns President...
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A Review of RAND’s 2020 Turkey Report from a Civil-Military Relations Perspective

Levent Ozen -
Focusing on its assessments in the “Implications for Civil-Military Relations and Military Capabilities” chapter, this paper attempts to make a critical review of RAND...

Osman Kavala case: Justice in present-day Turkey

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This case is the last straw that broke the camel's back. The court's decision to sentence philanthropist Osman Kavala to life imprisonment is the final...

Is the Key to Russia’s Victory Hidden in Ensuring Air Superiority in Ukrainian Airspace? 

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A Brief History of the Tensions in Ukraine and Russia In 1994, Ukraine agreed to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear-weapon state,...

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Erdoğan and the Hagia Sophia: Nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire

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The demilitarization of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea in the post-Ukraine/Russia War period

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“It is not possible for us to remain silent about the military activities carried out in violation of the agreements on the islands with...

Turkey’s Response to the War in Ukraine

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As the war in Ukraine is raging on, Turkey is putting in extra effort to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow. On 29 March, Russian...

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