A | A | A

Turkey

ArticlesArticles
courtesy: FlagellumDei/WikimediaCommons
29 June 2011Turkey looks ahead BY Dr. Plamen Pantev

The results of Turkey's 12 June parliamentary elections - despite the challenge from Kemalist and pro-Islamic elements - give the Justice and Development Party (AKP) yet another chance to pursue

Tagged Under
AKP
,
Arab Spring
,
Erdogan
,
human rights
,
soft power
,
Turkey
ArticlesArticles
courtesy: NilgunGulcan/WikimediaCommons
7 July 2011Turkey’s maturing foreign policy BY Mustafa Akyol

On June 12, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most popular Turkish prime minister of the last half century, marked his third straight electoral win by averring his leadership over not only Turkey but the

Tagged Under
AKP
,
Arab Spring
,
OIC
,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
,
Turkey
ArticlesArticles
courtesy: IsraeliDefenseForces/Wikimediacommons
9 September 2011Why the crisis between Turkey and Israel is hurting everyone BY Emiliano Alessandri

WASHINGTON — The United Nations’ recent report investigating the deaths of nine Turks when Israel stopped a flotilla trying to break a Gaza blockade has brought an end to a suspenseful episode in

Tagged Under
Flotilla Incident
,
Israel
,
Mediterranean Sea
,
Middle East
,
Turkey
Op-EdsOp-Eds
courtesy: openDemocracy/Flickr
15 June 2011How Turkey’s democracy might resemble Japan’s BY Joshua W. Walker

Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Turkey laid to rest any lingering doubts about the vibrancy of the country’s electoral democracy. At the same time, the third consecutive victory for Prime

Tagged Under
AKP
,
Democracy
,
japan
,
Justice and Development Party
,
LDP
,
Liberal Democratic Party
,
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo
,
Turkey
ArticlesArticles
courtesy: jonrawlinson/Flickr
11 December 2011Can Turkey Make Its Mosques Feminist? BY Dorian Jones

A campaign to make Istanbul's roughly 3,100 mosques more welcoming for women could set off a gender revolution in Turkey's places of Islamic worship - and one that may not be uniformly welcomed.

Tagged Under
feminism
,
Islam
,
mosques
,
Turkey
,
woman's rights
,
women
Op-EdsOp-Eds
courtesy: quinn.anya/Flickr
22 November 2011Seeking real equality for Turkey's women BY Idil Aybars

Turkish women were among the first in Europe to exercise political rights with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1924, but 87 years later Turkey ranks

Tagged Under
Fundamental Rights
,
Turkey
,
women
Op-EdsOp-Eds
courtesy: Dilmarousseff/Flickr
2 December 2011Rise of the TIMBIs BY Jack A. Goldstone