Since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP thereafter) to power in 2002, Turkey was first perceived as a case of hope, and more recently as a case of despair for democratization in the Middle East. The first decade or so of AKP rule was regarded by international publics as a showca..
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Paradoxes of ‘New Turkey’
“New Turkey” has become since 2014 a popular slogan employed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to express its political project of remaking the nation. However, it has been in a pol..
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We Have Lost Too Much
According to the official figures, 97 civilians died in a deadly blast in Ankara on Saturday although the death toll is contested.[1] They were there to participate in the peace rally o..