Nation Branding in a Digitalized World: The Case of Black State
The global video games market is forecast to be a colossal $282 billion industry by 2024 and is expected to grow by 8% annually through 2027.
Turkey
Is the Turkish Economy Overheating?
Reducing the current account deficit and inflation, and making high economic growth sustainable require supply-side structural reforms. These reforms might…
CHP’s Possible Strategies for the 2019 Election
From the 1970s onwards, Erbakan established four different political parties – all which were shut down by military coups or…
The Identity Crisis of the Iyi Party
Reducing the Iyi party’s ideological baggage to such an extent that can lead to the creation of further conflict zones…
Turkish scientists embark on second Antarctic expedition
The Turkish Antarctic Scientific Programme as laid out by the Polar Research (PolRec) centre at ITU focuses on Marine Biology,…
Does Turkey’s AK Party reduce Democracy to Elections alone?
While the AK Party cannot be blamed for reducing democracy to elections alone, it is accepted that the governing party…
Not Financial Speculations, but Financial Attacks against Turkey?
There is a general sentiment within Turkish society that volatility in the Turkish lira has its roots not in economy,…
What Will Pre-Electoral Alliances Bring to the Turkish Political System?
By increasing voter turnout, the pre-electoral alliances invalidate the principle of “If you don’t vote, you don’t count.”
The Future of CHP and Turkey’s Democracy
Will CHP be able to break the vicious cycle, contribute to democracy, find solutions to problems and inspire hope in…
Turkish opposition ex-official gets 10 years in jail
A court in capital Ankara on Friday sentenced Aysel Tugluk, a former senior official of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party…
Art, Artists and Politics: No Limits for Transgression?
It is impossible to think of artists as beings without political thoughts but when they cross the thin line between…
Does the 1997 Coup Trial Suffice to Confront the History of Coups?
The room for maneuver created by the strong reaction to the 2016 coup attempt by the Turkish public and politicians…
The Political Economy of the “Post-modern” Coup
One of the most tragic features of the era in terms of the relationship between politics and economics was that…
Will the 1997 Memorandum Last a Thousand Years?
As pro-democratic political and public actors change power balances in their favor, coup attempts become unable to achieve desired results.…
The Praxis of Husamettin Arslan
Arslan had said that his youth was spent in an interfile social circle due to the fact that he was…
What Happened in Turkey on February 28?
Those who claim that February 28 was not a coup are only trying to cover up their own crimes. I’m…
Turgut Cansever: In pursuit of wisdom through architecture
Turgut Cansever’s primary concern was to combine architecture with ethics that entailed a quintessential overlap of religion, tradition, architecture and…
Notes from the Border: What Operation Olive Branch means for the Border Towns of Turkey
A young Kilis resident we came across while walking said to us: “When they [terrorists] kill, they don’t care whether…
From CHP to HDP: a Hidden Tunnel in Turkish Politics
On the way to 2019, despite the discomfort that it creates among its voter base, Kilicdaroglu’s CHP will reintroduce old…
