What Make Smart Cities Really Smart?
All over the world, universities and independent institutions organize smart city congresses, symposiums and fairs, which encourage cities to get their smart city indicators to higher levels.
Rebuilding Sur: Challenges and Opportunities
The reconstruction of historic cities has become entrenched in the Turkish political agenda due to security operations against the PKK terrorists in the Sur district, the ancient heart of Diyarbakır, in the winter months of 2015-16.
How Can Turkish-Iranian Commonalities Outweigh the Areas of Disagreement?
The history of Turkey and Iran, two of the Middle East’s most powerful nation-states, is characterized by years of rivalry, which remains the case today as Iran seeks to shape the region in consistency with its vision.
The Rise of Secular Radicalization and the PKK
Radicalism into violent extremism (RVE) has been one of the challenging issues of the international community for some time.
Turkey’s New Economic Challenges under the New Normal
Many economists believe that the developed countries have been unable to wriggle themselves out of the effects of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) completely, and that they are in a low growth period, which is likely to last another 5 years or, even, a decade.
The Troubling Legacy of the Sykes-Picot: A Century-Old Chaos in the Arab Middle East
Precisely a hundred years ago, on 16 May 1916, the iniquitous Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) was signed between Britain and France –Sir Mark Sykes and Georges Picot- whose goal was to partition Anatolia and the Arab Middle East among the two should the Ottoman Empire be defeated in the First World War.
Sykes-Picot: The Symbol of Western Imperialism in the Middle East
Many political scientists and historians consider the First World War as an imperialist war carving up the Ottoman State.
Is the Spirit of Sykes-Picot Still Alive in the Middle East after a Century?
On 16 May, 1916, the famous Sykes-Picot agreement was signed secretly between the United Kingdom and France.
Going Back to the Origins: Change and Continuity in Egyptian Society
Faruk Yaslıçimen interviewed with the director of the Yunus Emre Institute in Cairo and talked about Egyptian society.
Is Normalization Possible in Turkish-Egyptian Relations?
Turkish-Egyptian relations have been in a severe crisis since the military coup in Egypt in 2013.
Turkey and Egypt: Towards a Normalization?
The debate surrounding relations between Turkey and Egypt is on the rise largely because of a series of political maneuverings and actions that have taken place in the last few weeks.
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hree months ago when the Assad regime surrounded the Turkish observation post in Idlib’s Morek, I argued that Turkey needed a new approach to Idlib in order to prevent a bigger disaster.
Between the Privilege of Committing Crime and Political Freedoms: Parliamentary Immunities in Turkey
Parliamentary immunity has always been one of the critical topics of political and legal discussions in Turkey.
Istanbul and Contemporary Islamic Art
The term ‘Contemporary Art’ refers to art being produced now and using a variety of forms, styles and media.
Social Polarisation in Turkey: Myth or Reality?
A brief look into the international and domestic media coverage on Turkey, as well as the academic debate, in recent years reveals a rather bleak picture of a country divided along several fault lines, namely the seculars vs.
OIC Economy: In Search of a Concrete Solidarity
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) was founded with the aim of collaborating on international political problems concerning the Muslim World.
Inflation Targeting and Its Limitations
With the collapse of the so-called Bretton Woods system—the thirty-year international economic structure—in the tumultuous decade of the 1970s and with the rise of the neoliberal ideology in the 1980s, a new consensus emerged in the economics profession.
PKK’s Syria Branch PYD: A Violent Non-State Actor and its Controversial Legitimacy
ounded by the PKK terrorist organization in 2003, PYD developed into a critical actor in Syria after 2011.
Diyanet Center of America: An Architectural Quest for Identity
urkey has been witnessing proliferation of the traditional architectural forms as the country reconciles with its Ottoman past.
Increasing Cooperation Between Ankara and Washington on the Syrian Issue: How About Revisiting the Safe Zone Idea?
Last week, just before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the United States, U.
