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The author of “The Jihadis Return: ISIS and the New Sunni Uprising” as well as Independent correspondent, Patrick Cockburn’s speech in the Joint Forum ‘the Crisis in Iraq: Unexpected Alliances, Western Intervention and the Question of…
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Photo credit: www.express.co.ukControversies regarding the education system have been the main focus of Turkey’s agenda last week. On the foreign front, how the Turkish government will shape its involvement in Syria and Iraq have become…
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9 September 2014, House of Commons The London based Centre for Kurdish Progress in partnership with the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) organised a debate on the crisis in Iraq. Meg Hillier MP for Hackney South and…
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The Centre for Kurdish Progress in partnership with the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS)  invite you to a  public forum on ‘The Crisis in Iraq: Unexpected Alliances Western Intervention and the Kurdistan Question’. Keynote speakers are…
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Westminster Debate ‘The Politics of Polarisation: Prospects for Democracy and the Rule of Law in Turkey’ Gareth Jenkins is a writer and analyst based in Istanbul, Turkey, where he has been resident since 1989. In recent years he has…
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Westminster Debate ‘The Politics of Polarisation: Prospects for Democracy and the Rule of Law in Turkey’ Guney Yildiz is a Broadcast Journalist with the BBC World Service where he covers international news and current affairs…
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Turkey is electing its President for the first time in the history of the Republic in August 2014. Three candidates Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Selahattin Demirtas are running for presidency. Although much has been spoken…
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Westminster Debate '2013 Analysis of Democracy and Politics in Turkey' Dr Kerem Öktem is Associate Faculty Member of the Oriental Institute at the University of Oxford. He is also Research Fellow at the European Studies Centre, St…
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Westminster Debate 'Destruction of the Near East and the Kurdistan Issue' Joint Forum Turkey's Kurdish Question: Past, Present and Future Dr Ismail Besikci, a Turkish sociologist, critic of Kemalism, and Kurdologist. He has…
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