Research

13 December 2018 Turkey’s defence industry is growing in strategic significance Turkey has stepped up efforts to develop its domestic arms industry with a series of initiatives including a new national space programme The move…
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06 December 2018 Political parties have begun to nominate candidates for local elections, a potentially crucial moment for both the government and opposition Turkey’s big cities are set to be strongly contested in March 2019…
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29 November 2018 The case of imprisoned Selahattin Demirtas encapsulates the fraught nature of Turkey – EU relations Turkey’s detention of Demirtas has been found to be in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights The…
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15 November 2018 A dispute involving Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs has highlighted the government’s difficulty in balancing the country’s religious and nationalist currents The head of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious…
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08 November 2018 Turkey is unwilling to downgrade ties with Iran even as it seeks to rebuild its relationship with the US Turkey has successfully lobbied to be included among the countries granted a 180-day exemption from US…
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01 November 2018 Amid the focus on the Khashoggi controversy, the Turkish government’s ruling alliance is weakening A recent court decision to overturn the removal of Turkey’s secular-nationalist oath from schools shows the limits…
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25 October 2018 Turkey is using the Khashoggi case to reset relations with the US Turkey’s careful release of information has allowed time for US-Saudi-Turkey negotiations In the short term, Turkey is looking to stall impending…
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18 October 2018 Turkey is taking an increasingly assertive stance against what it regards as its exclusion from agreements over the region’s energy resources The issue of gas reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean continues to be a…
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11 October 2018 The Khashoggi case has brought to the fore questions of Turkey’s regional leadership Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Riyadh, has been missing for over a week after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul…
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