CENTRE for TURKEY STUDIES - CEFTUS

8 March 2017 House of Commons  This CEFTUS Westminster Debate was kindly hosted by James Gray, Conservative MP of North Whiltshire. The event was chaired by Bill Park of King’s College. The Keynote speaker was Dr. Senem…
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The flying of the Kurdish flag ahead of the President of the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq Masoud Barzani’s visit to Ankara last weekend holds implications for the governing AKP’s attitude to the Kurdish question both domestically and…
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CEFTUS Director, Ibrahim Dogus, wrote an article for The Guardian on UK-Turkey relations, which appeared on 10 February 2017. Ibrahim argued that the UK and the EU more broadly, while rightly critical of aspects of Turkey's policy, have not…
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The recent war of words between Turkey and Iran parallels their simmering proxy conflict, whose intensity is steadily increasing as the two vie for regional influence. Iran’s thinly veiled threats to Turkey’s presence in Iraq and…
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Turkey has stated an expanded and clear objective for its campaign in Syria of creating a security zone within the country, including Islamic State-controlled Raqqa. Ankara has stated it is committing to a longer operation in Syria and…
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8 February 2017 House of Lords This CEFTUS Westminster Debate was kindly chaired and hosted by Lord Hannay. Keynote speakers were Dr Erol Kaymak, the Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at…
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‘Cyprus issue: What’s next?’ Two experts, one from each side of divided Cyprus, Dr Erol Kaymak and Dr Michalis Attalides, discussed the future of Cyprus at an exclusive roundtable on 8 February 2017, following on from the Cyprus…
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Chancellor Merkel’s actions during her visit to Turkey were largely guided by concerns about her domestic popularity, giving Turkey a level of leverage which belies the two countries’ trade imbalance. • With elections this year and…
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In this paper, Dr Gulcin Ozkan of the University of York, examines the existing literature on the effect that presidential systems have on their countries' economies compared against parliamentary systems. Dr Ozkan produced this timely…
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The peace talks in Astana have given Turkey greater room for activity in Syria but also tie Turkey more firmly to that conflict. While neither the regime nor rebel groups appear to have changed their approach significantly following…
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