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POLICY PAPER — EU Support to Dismissed Civil Society in Turkey: Yes, There is a Better Alternative

Stephanie Leysen
04/02/2019
Publications, Turkey
It has been fourteen years since the negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the European Union (EU) were formally opened and the process has been bumpy to say the least. Whereas the European leaders ... Be More Curious...

An independent Ukraine Orthodox Church: why now?

Vera Ventura
15/01/2019
Beyond Europe, Publications
In Ukraine, this year’s celebrations for the Orthodox Christmas on January 7 assumed a whole new meaning, as the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has now gained its religious independence - or autocephaly - fr... Be More Curious...

OPINION — Why is tension in Cyprus rising again?

Tionenji Lishomwa
27/12/2018
Inside Europe, Turkey
For much of the international community watching, ‘Ayşe will go on holiday again’ means very little. Especially if 1974 is before your time, you may have wondered what such a bizarrely innocuous phrase could possibly have to do with Meral Akşener – the... Be More Curious...

COMMENTARY — How effective is the European Court of Human Rights against the human rights violations in Turkey?

Mehmet Onur Cevik
15/12/2018
Publications, Turkey
As it is known by most, Turkey has been in an extraordinary atmosphere since the 15 July 2016 attempted coup. Fotis Filippou, Amnesty International's Deputy Europe Director, describes this atmosphere wh... Be More Curious...

COMMENTARY — The Turkish model: How Turkey has coped with 3.6 million Syrian refugees

Robert Ellis
06/12/2018
Publications, Turkey
There is one issue that has preoccupied Europe since the outbreak of civil war in Syria in 2011: immigration. More than six million Syrians are internally displaced and five million have fled to neighbo... Be More Curious...

POLICY PAPER — The EU and the Western Balkans 6: a difficult wedding

Sergio Caliva
07/11/2018
Publications, Western Balkans
The Balkan Region, and particularly the Western part closer to the EU, consisting of the so-called WB6 – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – has always had a fundamental role within the international geopolitical... Be More Curious...

POLICY PAPER — Conflict in Cyprus: religion, ethnicity and natural gas pipelines

Xavier Palacios
24/10/2018
Publications
Religious and ethnic factors present in the Cypriot conflict have paved the wat for external actors to take part in this conflict, exposing the resolution of this conflict to the political interests of ... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with Gabi Zimmer

Elisa Telesca
15/10/2018
Monday Talks
As Part of our Monday Talks series, we have conducted an interview with Gabi Zimmer, Chair of Conferederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left, to discuss about Brexit, the upcomin... Be More Curious...

Time to Pay Attention to the Relationship with Turkey

Geoffrey Van Orden
02/10/2018
Turkey
Turkey is a vital NATO ally and strategic partner of the West. Yet, over the past two years its relationship with the Western democracies and their allies has deteriorated. The catalyst for this was the response on both sides to the July 2016 coup, alt... Be More Curious...

Opposition in decay: Erdogan’s perpetual victory

Irene Christodoulaki
13/08/2018
Turkey
After the June elections, the Turkish opposition is in disarray. It seems to be out of ideas while trying to reorganize itself. Even the ongoing currency crisis with the USA was not enough to make the o... Be More Curious...

Turkey’s Pledged Economic War: Pastor Brunson Effect or A Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Zeynep Mentesoglu
13/08/2018
Turkey
On last Friday, Turkish Lira has fallen to a record low against the dollar suffering its worst one-day lost. At the wee hours Turkish lira has traded at the exchange rate of 6.30 Dollar and 7.22 Euro. ... Be More Curious...

Erdogan educating African youth: consequences for radicalization in Europe

Clara Berthelot
08/08/2018
Turkey
Like France or the United Kingdom, Turkey runs schools located outside of its territory. However, unlike the other examples, the Turkish schools were not managed by the state, at least until very recently. As a matter of fact, those schools have be... Be More Curious...

Turkey’s Presidential System and Resource Distribution Tools

Xavier Palacios
03/08/2018
Turkey
Analysts in Europe, the US and Turkey have focused on how the latest victory of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the presidential elections and the victory of the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP) in the parliamentar... Be More Curious...

Between a rock and a hard place: how EU should deal with “Turkish issue”

Mehmet Onur Cevik
22/07/2018
Turkey
Rather than talking about the necessity of cooperation between the EU and Turkey, an issue that has been triggering a massive body of literature, this analysis will focus on what strategy the EU mig... Be More Curious...

A New Era: Turkey’s 98-year parliamentary system ended

Zeynep Mentesoglu
11/07/2018
Beyond Europe
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath of office on July 9, which officially closed a page in Turkey’s history and started the new government system. Erdogan had won out the 24 June elections by taking 52 percent of the votes and has been ele... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with David McAllister on the Future of EU-Turkey Relations

Valeria Mingardi
02/07/2018
Monday Talks
As part of our Monday Talks series, we have hosted David McAllister, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament to discuss the future of EU-Turkey relations following the Turkey's... Be More Curious...

Understanding Turkey’s election

Julius M. Rogenhofer
26/06/2018
Turkey
It is an eerily familiar sight: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims victory in a televised address. Across Turkey and several European capitals victory celebrations erupt in chants of the president’s name... Be More Curious...

Iran, Oil and the Destabilisation of the Middle East

Paul Monaghan
21/06/2018
Iran
Oil prices have increased sharply following President Trump’s unilateral decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and to reimpose the "highest level" of economic sanctions on Iran, one of the world’s most important oil produ... Be More Curious...

Which factors may determine the outcomes of critical June 24 elections?

Zeynep Mentesoglu
21/06/2018
Turkey
Only a few days left for Turkey’s June 24 snap elections. Turkey will hold to two elections: parliamentary and presidential on Sunday. It is of capital importance. In April 2017 referendum people of Turkey ... Be More Curious...

Can Austria’s anti-mosque decision turn to Erdogan as vote?

Zeynep Mentesoglu
15/06/2018
Turkey
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s move to close mosques frustrates Turkey’s President Erdogan. Kurz’s statement on closing seven mosques and expel around 60 imams and their families seems to trigger a ne... Be More Curious...

Erdogan the merchant of Gaza

Tionenji Lishomwa
13/06/2018
Turkey
There is a complex web of vested interests and moral battles surrounding the notorious Gaza conflict. The deaths of Palestinians being used as ‘human shields’ have been used as a political bargaining chip by many parties - including dissenting voices from ... Be More Curious...

Turkish Prosecutor Falsely Imprisoned in Horrid Conditions

Leighann Spencer
24/05/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Since the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, 4,463 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed from their jobs, leaving behind a non-impartial and non-independent judicial system. This is paramount to the fur... Be More Curious...

President Erdogan’s juggling act

Robert Ellis
17/05/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
At Tuesday’s press conference with Turkey’s President Erdogan, the best Theresa May could muster in the form of condemnation of Turkey’s human rights abuses was a pious reminder: “I have underlined to Presi... Be More Curious...

The EU Remains Unprepared for the Next Migration Crisis

Editorial
18/04/2018
Inside Europe
By removing internal border controls, countries party to the Schengen Agreement effectively abandoned a core element of state sovereignty in favor of freedom of movement. But they embarked on this federal project without building the necessary legal and instit... Be More Curious...

Abduction of Turkish Dissidents Can Target Ordinary Europeans

Ugur Tok
08/04/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Six Turkish nationals, five education workers and a cardiologist, living in Kosovo have been arrested by Kosovar authorities and handed over to Turkish Intelligence last week. The international community is... Be More Curious...

Turkey and Europe: The Great Divide

Robert Ellis
27/03/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
After Monday’s summit in Varna, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov could heave a sigh of relief. Beforehand, he feared the meeting between European Council President Donald Tusk and European President... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with European Parliament’s Foreign Policy Chief on Western Balkans

Editorial
12/03/2018
Western Balkans
Western Balkans has never been a simple place. Although, there is a continues determination by the European Union to see the countries in the Western Balkans as part of the European Union in the near future, yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent wi... Be More Curious...

EP Shadow Rapporteur Describes ‘How to React to the Rule of Despotism in Turkey’

Renate Sommer
09/03/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
The state of the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Turkey is shocking. Since the failed coup, the Turkish government misuses the steadily prolonged state of emergency to silence critics from all fi... Be More Curious...

Story of a Purged Judge, Turkey

Leighann Spencer
16/02/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Names in this article have been changed to protect their identity. Since the infamous July 15th, 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, 4,560 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed from duty, allowing the judi... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with Birgit Van Hout, UN Human Rights Representative for Europe

Julien Hoez
22/01/2018
Monday Talks
In an interview with Vocal Europe, Birgit Van Hout, Regional Representative for Europe — UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), expresses her take on some of the critical challenges to the situation of human rights in Europe and within its immediate neighborhood.... Be More Curious...

Police Crackdowns on ISIS and the Consequences for Refugees from the Caucasus and Central Asia in Turkey

Editorial
17/01/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
OOver the past two years, numerous innocent people of the Caucasus and Central Asia in Turkey have been targeted within the police operations against ISIS, and the operations and following deportations coincide... Be More Curious...

Old habits die hard: Turkey and Greece continue their troubled relation

Irene Christodoulaki
12/01/2018
The Opinion, Turkey
Many labelled the visit of the Turkish President to Greece early on December as historic. It had been more than six decades since a Turkish President stepped his foot in Athens, and during that time the relat... Be More Curious...

The Case of Ümit Horzum, Most Recent Victim in a String of Abductions in Post-Coup Turkey

Leighann Spencer
11/01/2018
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Since the July 15th 2016 coup-attempt in Turkey, those deemed to have links to the Gulenist movement have faced countless human rights abuses. Since then, 131,995 people have been detained, and many more dismissed from their jobs. Moreover, abductions, tho... Be More Curious...

The EU-Turkey Statement: Gauging the Effects Nearly Two Years On

Emma Barnes
10/01/2018
Inside Europe, Turkey
On March 18, 2016, the EU and Turkey signed a deal, effective immediately, with the broad goal of stemming the flow of “irregular migration” into Europe, and creating safe and legal channels by which to reach t... Be More Curious...

Justice and the Three Cs in Turkey

Editorial
28/12/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
In the 19th century, Daniel Webster wrote, “Justice is the greatest interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.” Justice refers to fairness in p... Be More Curious...

Germany – Caught in the Middle Between Turkey and Israel

Emma Barnes
08/12/2017
Inside Europe, Israel, Turkey
TTurkey and Israel were once close allies, bonded as two states surrounded by hostile regimes. However, Turkey has stated in recent days that US President Donald Trump’s move to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel will cross a “red line” and will cause... Be More Curious...

Turkish Media — The Regime’s Magic Bullet

Editorial
29/11/2017
Beyond Europe
Magic bullets, hypodermic needles and the media. It’s an odd mix, but it can help to explain why at least some people simply believe whatever they are told. According to the magic bullet (or hypodermic need... Be More Curious...

668 Babies — Children in Turkey’s Prisons

Leighann Spencer
27/11/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
In August 2017, the news outlet TR724 revealed that there are 668 children under the age of six in Turkey’s prisons. 149 of these children are under twelve months old, and there are many others under the ag... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with Seth Frantzman on the Current Affairs in the Middle East and Israel

Marie Shuqha
20/11/2017
Monday Talks
The Middle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent — with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including Europe. It’s not like this uneasiness is concentrated only... Be More Curious...

Torture and ill-treatment in Turkey

Leighann Spencer
14/11/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Torture and ill-treatment, predominantly towards those accused of political crimes, is not a new phenomenon in Turkey. Several organisations have documented such abuses in the past. (adsbygoogle =... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with Peter De Roover on the Recent Developments in Iraqi Kurdistan and in the Region

Ebubekir ISIK
23/10/2017
Monday Talks
The Middle East has never been a simple place. Yet nowadays, this region is especially turbulent -- with waves rocking several countries, so big that their effects are being felt worldwide, including Eu... Be More Curious...

The “mother” of Grey Wolves threatening Erdoğan’s rule

Irene Christodoulaki
13/10/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
INless than a fortnight, a new political party will be launched in Turkey, trying to contest the absolute dominance of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party in the country. The leading figure of this party will be the former minister of Inte... Be More Curious...

Can the West Handle Erdogan’s Flip-flop Diplomacy on NATO?

Editorial
08/10/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Turkey, once a model for Muslim-majority countries, has been going through an authoritarian backslide since the last several years. This trend peaked following the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The post... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with the European Parliament’s Human Rights Chief on Turkey

Daniele Rietti
25/09/2017
Monday Talks
''Turkey’s president and government instrumentalized the violent military coup attempt of July last year to crack down on human rights and dismantle basic democratic safeguards’’ — Human Rights Watch pointe... Be More Curious...

Democracy v.s Autocracy – a conundrum for Turkey

Editorial
18/09/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
The suffix -cracy is derived from the Greek combining form -kratia, which comes from the Greek word kratos, meaning “power” or “rule.” Taken by itself, -cracy is not necessarily good or bad. The root word added to this suffix, however, can make a significant d... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with OSCE Representative on Media Freedom in Europe and in Its Neighborhood

Leonardo Veneziani
11/09/2017
Monday Talks
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media plays a crucial role that is valued tremendously by journalists and media freedom groups to speak out in defense of press freedom in states of the Organizatio... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with Lyudmyla Kozlovska on the Misuse of Interpol by Autocratic Regimes

Anita Porta
11/09/2017
Monday Talks
Fugitive alerts issued by Interpol, the international law enforcement clearinghouse, can make it hard for fugitives to slip across borders. But, the group's 'red notice' database, which can be reviewed by a... Be More Curious...

Turkey chooses Russian Missile Defence System: NATO must be cautious of this growing relation

Editorial
29/08/2017
Beyond Europe, Turkey
Turkey’s missile defence dilemma has continued for a while.  Recent reports confirm that Turkey has agreed to purchase Russian air and missile defence system, the S-400 Triumph. The deal is worth $2.5billion under which Turkey would receive two batteries of an... Be More Curious...

Monday Talk with Daniel Pipes on the New Middle East, Europe and the U.S

Leonardo Veneziani
28/08/2017
Monday Talks
Daniel Pipes is an American historian, writer, and commentator. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. His writing focuses on the American foreign poli... Be More Curious...

Georgia’s Dangerous Tango with Erdogan Jeopardizes Its Path to Europe

Leonardo Veneziani
25/08/2017
Beyond Europe
The failed coup attempt of July 2016 in Turkey is still having its echo around Turkey and all over the world. Fetullah Gülen, the nemesis of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is still being hunted by the ... Be More Curious...
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