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Osman Kavala case: Justice in present-day Turkey

This case is the last straw that broke the camel's back. The court's decision to sentence philanthropist Osman...
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European “Lessons” for Turkey

Back in the early 2000s, the AKP looked up to Europe as an example for Turkey to...
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The Influence of Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanist Ambitions on the Current HDP Situation in Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdogan — Turkey's current president (elected 2014) and former prime minister (2003-2014) — infamously once...
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Refugees in Turkey are Becoming a Lethal Electoral Argument

An opinion poll dating back to August 2021 by one of the most trustful polling agencies in...
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Rethinking the Value of Turkey in NATO and Hulusi Akar

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Turkey's place in NATO has become even more critical in parallel with...
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Turkey: Westerner in word, anti-Western in deed

The “West,” precisely the European Union and NATO, but many “non-aligned” western countries as well, are currently...
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Thinking Turkey wishfully

A perceptible excitation to see Turkey’s strongman Erdogan leave office is gathering pace among Western as well...
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Encouraging Turkish Democracy by Removing the PKK from the Terrorism Lists

Removing or delisting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from official government terrorism lists would be a bold,...
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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...

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