Turkish Armed Forces conducted a surgical operation, codenamed the Eagle-Claw 2, in Gara Region of Northern Iraq in February 2021.
Category: Politics
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Reflections on the June 2018 Turkish Elections
Though mostly symbolic under the new system, the nationalists, in their new political posture, also provided the much-needed support for the ruling party to attain a simple majority, at least, in the parliament.
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Political Psychology of Peace and War: Peace as a Psychological Need
The common view is that Turkey is on the verge of civil war as well as war; in fact, the categorical distinction between a war and a civil war is..
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New Economy, New Turkey
Heraclitus, the great philosopher of Ionia, pointed the “eternal transformation” by saying “Lightning never strikes twice” approximately 2500 years ago. The economy-based decision processes played an important role in the formation of many transformations, destructions and reconstructions.
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AKP and the Politics of “Impossible Brotherhoods”
AKP officials have preferred to refer their supporters and political allies in the framework of “brotherhoods” or “sisterhoods.”
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AKP vs. AKP: A Political Tug-o-War
Power struggles within AKP intensify while Turkey is on the verge of a fundamental paradigm shift. The year 2012 started with the labor pains of a new direction that the country is confronted with. Indigenous factors that are of structural and local nature are crucial in understanding and explaining this change of course.