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  • Contemporary Kurdish Problem in Turkish Politics

    Contemporary Kurdish Problem in Turkish Politics

    Since the foundation of the republic in Turkey, Kurdish minority has been a long lasting problem in Turkish politics. The absence of a solution to this, contains an ever-present risk of a new civil war. The situation in Turkey nowadays is neither peace nor war....

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  • Various Arguments on How to Conceptualize EU as a Foreign Policy Actor?

    Various Arguments on How to Conceptualize EU as a Foreign Policy Actor?

    Academic interest for the study of the various aspect of the EU has grown and still being growing in last decades with an increasing speed which could be attributed to the development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in the 1990s and the consequential...

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  • From Ottoman Patriotism to Turkish Nationalism: Time for Turkey’s Patriotism

    From Ottoman Patriotism to Turkish Nationalism: Time for Turkey’s Patriotism

    The  Kurdish question is one of the most serious internal problem in Turkey’s history, even constituted a big hurdle in the way of Turkey’s integration to Europe. In order to understand the theoretical roots of the question and solution options, travel from Ottoman Empire to...

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  • Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Azerbaijan’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, and Opinion-Policy Linkage on the Conflict

    Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in Azerbaijan’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, and Opinion-Policy Linkage on the Conflict

    BACKGROUND Since the end of the 1980s, a conflict emerged berween Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1992 the conflict culminated into the war between these countries. Cornell (2001), in his book Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict...

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  • A Pakistan Tragedy

    A Pakistan Tragedy

    We see generally in science-fiction films that a scientist firstly makes a creation, then this creation goes beyond its purpose, and it becomes a monster. Finally this uncontrollable monster is destroyed by its own creator. In 1979, during the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviets Union,...

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  • EU Regional Policy and a Comparative Analysis of Policy Transformation: Turkey and Poland

    EU Regional Policy and a Comparative Analysis of Policy Transformation: Turkey and Poland

    INTRODUCTION One of the most important policy fields in the EU is regional policy whose effective implementation depends on the compatibility of local and regional governance systems of member states with EU practice and regulatory norms. In line with the European Regional Policy, the potential...

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  • The Kurdish Issue Between Turkey and the EU

    The Kurdish Issue Between Turkey and the EU

    Turkey and the EU relations has evolved with lots of difficulties since Turkey’s application date for full membership on September 12, 1987. Historically, Turkey was strategically important country for the EU. On the other hand, there were plenty of obstacles for Turkey’s membership to the...

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  • Water and War in the Middle East

    Water and War in the Middle East

    In the Middle East, the increasing urbanization rate with the increase in income that is gained from oil caused a  big demand rise in consumption and importation. As a result, the necessity for water raised and states, which  share a river, stream, lake or any...

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  • Yemen: Brand New Problem of the USA

    Yemen: Brand New Problem of the USA

    In addition to the Zaydis’ rebels in its northern regions, Yemen again came to the top of the world media, yet for another reason: Al-Qaeda’s presence in the region, and its possible threats against Western targets. The very presence of radical Islamists in Yemen is...

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  • Darfur Facing Drought, Poverty and Death

    Darfur Facing Drought, Poverty and Death

    Few words about Sudan Sudan, the largest country in Africa, is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Despite of the drought of Africa,...

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