Events
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Conference with Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu – Deputy Chairman of Ak Parti, “Current Challenges Facing the EU and the Larger Europe, and Turkey’s Possible Contribution”
09 April 2013 12:22 AM | -Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu gave a talk entitled “Current Challenges Facing the EU and the Larger Europe, and Turkey’s Possible Contribution” in Centre for Policy Analysis and Research on Turkey (ResearchTurkey)’s featuring...
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Interviews
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Interview with Mr. Kemal Burkay (2nd Part): ‘Democratic Autonomy’ is not a Well-Grounded Demand
02 May 2013 12:10 AM | -Interview with Mr. Kemal Burkay: ‘Democratic Autonomy’ is not a Well-Grounded Demand Chairman of The Rights and Liberties Party (HAK-PAR), Poet and Writer 2nd Part Once again a possibility of...
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Reflections and Commentaries Archive
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The Declaration of Support from the Academics and Professionals in Britain for Liberties and Professional Rights in Turkey
ResearchTurkey January 27, 2013 | 1 CommentJanuary 2013 Open Letter in Support of Freedoms and Professional Rights in Turkey We write this letter to express our concern as Turkish academics and professionals in Britain about declining... ResearchTurkey -
Populism
Ceren Yaldız, Hacettepe University, Ankara January 8, 2013 | 3 CommentsPopulism Indicative Abstract: Although the concept of populism has some negative meanings such as “public complicity” or “cheap populism”, the research that is conducted pertaining to populism defends its opposite.... Ceren Yaldız, Hacettepe University, Ankara -
Mustafa Balbay’s Search for Justice: Letters to the Media and His Compatriots in the United Kingdom
Mustafa Balbay, Member of Parliament (MP), Journalist-Writer December 11, 2012 | 1 CommentTO BRITISH PRESS, Dear Colleagues, Given my journalism activities, I have been held in custody for 4 years in İstanbul-Silivri penitentiary, that processes the same qualities that are similar to... Mustafa Balbay, Member of Parliament (MP), Journalist-Writer -
Gained Legal Status, But Still Deprived of Real Estate: İzmir Jewish Community
Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere December 2, 2012 | 1 CommentJewish Community in Izmir finally (also legally) exists, but still has no real estate. Although Jews have been living in and around Izmir for more than 2000 years, a community... Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere -
Redefining the Dominant Ideology
Ali Ersen Erol, Howard University November 17, 2012 | 3 CommentsHerbert Marcuse starts his book One Dimensional Man by assessing the existence of an imposed “democratic unfreedom” (Marcuse, 1991: 1). Through this consented unfreedom, Marcuse suggests, an “advanced industrial civilization”... Ali Ersen Erol, Howard University -
A Detainee Searching for His Crime: A Letter from Tuncay Özkan
A. Tuncay Özkan October 17, 2012 | 11 CommentsPolice at my door. September 23, 2008. I said “What is wrong?” They answered, “We will make a search.” “Do you have a search warrant?” I asked. They said “Yes,”... A. Tuncay Özkan -
‘Politician’ or ‘Political Scientist’? : Thinking On the Status Of a Researcher
Umut Bekcan, Ankara University August 23, 2012 | 1 CommentA Long Summary of Turkish Version: A political scientist needs to be consistent. She should build her hypotheses not on an emotional basis but on a rational basis while... Umut Bekcan, Ankara University -
Trip to Mersin: Leyla Erbil awarded the City of Mersin 5th Year Literature Award
27/11/11; 19.54 Dear Mina, I have been invited to Mersin on December 16. I am likely to be given an award of sorts and am free to bring a guest.... Dr. Mina Toksöz, Head of Country Risk, Standard Bank Plc