Why LNG is Significant for Turkey’s Energy Market
LNG’s portability means any country, not just those in a particular region, can engage in its trade if they desire.
Energy and Turkey’s South Caucasus Policy: the EU Regionalization Catalyst
In the early 1990s, Turkey’s role in the South Caucasus was seen as part of a greater scheme of liberalization, westernization, and Europeanization.
How Turkey Can Compete with the Global Academic Market
In order to achieve this, huge resources are allocated and numerous large-scale and large-budget projects are introduced.
The Matter of the Doctorate (PhD) in Turkey
In a statement issued for the commencement of the 2016–2017 academic year, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emphasized the importance of closing the gaps in the education system, saying, “Turkey ought to close the gaps exploited by treacherous gangs in the education system and move on.
Turkey’s Double-Edged Strategy to Bring Regional Stability
On August 23, 2016, Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield in northern Syria, with the aim of fighting the terror group Daesh and expelling them from the border areas west of the Euphrates.
The Geopolitical Crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East
Serhan Afacan interviewed Professor Şener Aktürk and talked about the present international developments with regard to the geopolitical crisis in the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the Middle East.
The End of the Turkish-American ‘Alliance’ after the Failed Coup?
In order to assess the geopolitical dimensions of the failed coup in Turkey, first of all, one has to acknowledge that there is a near consensus in Turkey that the failed military coup was executed by the followers of Fetullah Gülen, who has been living in the United States since 1999.
German Media and Turkey
Do you think the mainstream media in Germany is getting more and more obsessed with the current Turkish government? Are they disturbed of the Turkish government or of the religious or conservative values of the Turkish people who brought this political party to power?
I would like to answer your question with offering a different perspective.
Turkey’s New Economic Challenges under the New Normal
Some economists argue that this new normal of slower growth has been caused by inadequate demand, while others emphasize that supply-side factors such as sluggish productivity growth has been preventing developed countries from coming round.
What Turkey Needs is an Industrial Policy
There is a near-consensus in economics that it was free-market policies that made today’s rich countries rich.
The 2016 Elections in Iran
“The enemy pursues infiltration into the elections; people must be aware and act contrary to what the enemies want.
Reforming the UN Security Council: A Global Necessity
Last year, the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations was celebrated around the world; however, its endemic failures rather than its accomplishments predominated the discussions.
On Nationalism, Ethnicity and Ethnicity Regimes
The ambivalent attitudes shown by the international community during the course of the popular uprisings in various Arab countries not only failed to contribute to the making of a peaceful transition to more democratic regimes but also encouraged anti-democratic and at times tyrannical methods.
Economic Governance and Central Banking after the Crisis: Between Strategic Planning and Liberalism
Retrospectively speaking, it would not be a gross exaggeration to state that the “long twentieth century” witnessed profound developments that radically shattered trust in global capitalism as a stable system of resource allocation, as well as the capacity of the interstate system to provide it with a robust administrative framework.
Russia in Syria
On the contrary the recent developments especially the Russian military involvement in support of the Assad regime will only escalate the gravity of the situation.
