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PM Davutoglu’s new Economic Transformation Program, the continued battle to reach miners underground, heightened calls for the continuation of the peace process with the Kurds, and the risks emerging from the Syrian conflict have…
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As high politics was busy with the transit of Kurdish Peshmerga from Iraq to Syria via Turkey, risks to workers’ lives have engulfed Turkey’s agenda. Information on informal labour in the agricultural sector, on the number of…
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15 October 2014, RUSI This roundtable discussion organised by the Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) took place in the Reading Room of RUSI on 15 October 2014. Academics, politicians…
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14 October 2014, House of Commons Hosted by Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Stephen Twigg Labour Co-operative MP for Liverpool West Derby, this debate’s keynote speakers were Dr Soner Cagaptay of the Washington Institute…
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Islamic State’s (ISIS) advancement in Kobane with drastic repercussions for Turkey and Turkey’s Resolution Process with Kurds of Turkey have dominated headlines this week. Results of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors…
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Turkey’s agenda this week concentrated on the details and extent of its involvement in the conflict with Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq. Domestically, whilst the country re-visited its dismal freedom of press record, the…
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Photo credit: AFPIntensifying religious education at schools, especially the freedom for girls to wear headscarves in middle school have been discussed extensively in Turkey’s media over the last week. Foreign relations agenda was largely…
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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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Photo credit: International Business Times, www.ibtimes.comThis week Turkey's new government has set out next 10 months' political agenda ahead of general elections next year. PM Davutoglu reaffirmed President Erdogan's priorities with…
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