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M. Hakan Yavuz

Cengiz Aktar

Umit Cizre

Ali Agcakulu

Hercules Millas

Eser Karakas

Levent Ozen

Dimitar Bechev

Halis Kartal

M Efe Caman

Michael M. Gunter

Maya Arakon

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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

Hercules Millas -
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? 

Halis Kartal -
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

M. Hakan Yavuz -
University of Alabama sorority Alpha Phi expelled its president after racist comments in a private group message surfaced online.

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

Hercules Millas -
“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

Dimitar Bechev -
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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