Departing from the Japanese-American political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s contention in his “The End of History” thesis...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Macron represents himself as the voice of the liberals against authoritarian nationalists for the 2019 European Parliament...
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Most people still are in the opinion that Turkey owes much to Adnan Menderes due to his struggle for democracy, because...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
It is crucial to give prominence to the founding aspects of the July 15 spirit to achieve a more democratic and powerful...
Monday, July 16, 2018
Turkey will reach the moment of political normalcy and Erdogan will then retreat to a less prominent position. Under...
Friday, May 18, 2018
The shift to a presidential system may be the most critical step in institutionalizing democratic politics in Turkey. It...
Saturday, May 5, 2018
The CHP chairman Kilicdaroglu does not seem to know yet if he will run himself as a candidate or nominate the names like...
Monday, April 23, 2018
While Egypt witnessed a guideline example of an undemocratic election process, the Western “democracies” such as the U.S....
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Interestingly however, the report emphasizes that descriptive representation (the number of Muslim MPs) does not directly...
Friday, April 13, 2018
While the AK Party cannot be blamed for reducing democracy to elections alone, it is accepted that the governing party has...
Friday, March 23, 2018
The presidential elections in Egypt in March 2018 is a new step toward consolidating the oppressive regime, which was...
Monday, March 19, 2018
From the late-18th century, through the French Revolution and into the 1800s, two key dimensions or components of...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Following the recent coup attempt in Turkey, public and private institutions made public statements condemning the coup...
Sunday, July 16, 2017
The first anniversary of the coup attempt was an opportunity to celebrate our democratic resistance. Together, we gathered...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
FETO, a religious criminal cult and led by the US based cleric Fetullah Gülen, is a bizarre political phenomenon. It is...
Thursday, July 27, 2017
On April 16, millions of Turkish citizens went to the polls to vote on a constitutional reform bill that, among other...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
It is becoming more and more obvious, what would happen if an EU national politician would be detained in Turkey. However,...
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Anti-West sentiments increase among millions of supporters of Erdoğan and even those who oppose him. This rising hate is...
Thursday, March 23, 2017
The current constitutional reform in Turkey puts a premium on democratic politics in the face of extra-political forces...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
As Washington seeks to leave a fragmented Syria and Iraq, Turkey, facing grave security threats emanating from that very...
Thursday, November 10, 2016