Turkey’s accession to the European Union: debating the most difficult enlargement ever [PDF]
This study focuses on the intricacies of Turkey’s prospective membership in the European Union. It begins with a chronology of EU-Turkey relations and an account of the debate on the future of the European Union, which relates to Turkey’s prospective E.U.
Grigoriadis, Ioannis
core +1 more source
Macroeconomic Expectations in a War
ABSTRACT Using short‐ and long‐term macroeconomic forecasts, we estimate the projected cost of the Russian full‐scale invasion of Ukraine for countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Shortly after the invasion, the projected cumulative cost over 6 years stood at $2.44 trillion for the region.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Vittal Vasudevan
wiley +1 more source
Balance of power, democracy and development: Armenia in the South Caucasian regional security complex [PDF]
Since 1991, three regional security complexes have emerged on the Eurasian geopolitical extension if the former Soviet Union in Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Derghoukassian, Khatchik
core +1 more source
Examining prejudice reduction through solidarity and togetherness experiences among Gezi Park activists in Turkey [PDF]
Prejudice reduction research has focused on reducing negative regard as a means to improve relations between various groups (e.g., religious, ethnic, political).
Blee +13 more
core +3 more sources
Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
wiley +1 more source
Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
wiley +1 more source
Role of Çukurova Armenians in the throne struggles of Turkey Seljuk State [PDF]
Uzun bir geçmişe sahip Türk-Ermeni ilişkilerinin önemli bir bölümünü Selçuklular dönemi oluşturmaktadır. Büyük Selçuklu Devleti’nin kuruluşu öncesinde başlayan Türk-Ermeni ilişkileri, batıya doğru yapılan fetihlerle yeni bir boyut kazanarak gelişmiş ve ...
Günler, Mevlüt
core
Turkey's kurds and the quest for recognition transnational politics and the EU-Turkey accession negotiations [PDF]
The growing literature on transnationalism documents the ways in which immigrants and refugees stay connected with their communities and countries of origin, and shows how homeland governments reach out to their former constituents. Social, financial and
Casier, Marlies
core +1 more source
Racialized Labor Intermediation: Managing the “Threat” of Kurdish Workers on Turkish Farms
ABSTRACT Farm labor intermediaries in Turkey have been at the heart of maintaining a precarious and low‐wage migrant labor force for capitalist agriculture since the 19th century. This labor force has been predominantly comprised of Kurds, a people racialized as “savage,” “racially impure,” and “traitors of the Turkish nation” since the beginning of ...
Deniz Duruiz
wiley +1 more source
The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley +1 more source

