“One, who regards himself as a member of the Turkish nation, should first of all and in every case, speak Turkish.” ― Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Atatürk “Jews are creatures who possess the capacity to adapt to their respective environments.” ― Marsel Franko, President of the Lay Council of the Chief Rabbinate and of the […]
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This (no so-good) policy paper was written as a requirement for POLS 328 – Theories of International Relations course offered by Asst. Professor Ismail Yaylaci, during my sophomore year at Istanbul Şehir University. Executive Summary: As the current ideal policy is failing to bring about any good, Turkey needs more rational and real Egypt policy that […]
Some of the few major issue areas are discussed below. National Identity: Ottoman Empire contained a diverse population with multitude of lingual, ethnics and religious affiliations. This diversity was a product of the vast territory that Ottomans controlled – held together by the virtue of Islamic identity of the Empire. After the fall of […]
Legacy is the selective cluster of events, incidents, memories, structures that have profound impact on the contemporary behavior of an entity.[1] Ottoman Empire – in this regards – has produced myriads of such elements, which have direct or indirect contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy formulation. Contrary to that, many variables has either been updated or […]
Imagine if the people of the Soviet Union had never heard of communism. The ideology that dominates our lives has, for most of us, no name. Mention it in conversation and you’ll be rewarded with a shrug. Even if your listeners have heard the term before, they will struggle to define it. Neoliberalism: do you […]
None of us knew what was upon us! My friend was in an unusual melancholy like something unpleasant was about to happen. We received a phone call at 22:36. A friend – in panic – told us to stay put. She suggested that there was a probable terrorist attack around Üsküdar and consequent military mobilization to […]