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Understanding Turkey’s Afrin Operation

January 21, 2019

As known, yesterday was the anniversary of Operation Olive Branch (Afrin Operation). Last year, Turkey launched military operation (Olive Branch) on January 20 in order to clear Syria’s Afrin region of the YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorism, which Turkey considers a threat to its national security and territorial integrity. On March 18, Turkish troops and the… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, Foreign Policy, Regional Policy, Syrian War, Turkey, Uncategorized

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The Theory of “Risk Society” and Political Crisis

January 13, 2019

    Today, the whole world and my country also go through a legitimacy crisis in the political sphere. As long as the ballot box is seen as the only parameter of democracy, such legitimacy crisis will always find some way to emerge. According to the German socioogist Ulrich Beck, one of the causes behind… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

EurActiv.com, European Union, Global Europe, InfoSociety, Political Sociology, Turkey

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The Representation of Children in the Media:The Hrant Dink Foundation Report

December 25, 2018

          The Hrant Dink Foundation set up in 2007 as a non-governmental organization aims to fight discrimination and prejudices between different social and political groups with different ethnic or racial characteristics. The Foundation aims to build dialogue, tolerance and cooperation in the society. Media can be defined as a source of… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

Current news, InfoSociety, Languages & Culture, Media, Political Discourse, Political Sociology, Turkey, Uncategorized

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What Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Tells Us Through the Centuries

December 17, 2018

    Today is the 745th death anniversary of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. Every year, an international commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of Rumi’s union with God is held in Konya between December 7 and17. What Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi tells us through centuries is first and foremost tolerance and love When we use or hear the… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

Current news, EurActiv.com, History, Languages & Culture, Religion, Turkey

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Dynamism and Fixity: Understanding the US Visit Of Turkey’s Intelligence Chief Hakan Fidan

December 10, 2018

The relations between nations / states – I here use them interchangeably although they do not refer to the same thing – ( let me say international relations) are managed in both a dynamic and static style. Firstly, I see it as a dynamic process ( the interaction between nations) because the global arena does… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, Turkey, Uncategorized

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Turkish women mark the 84th year of suffrage

December 6, 2018

Women’s fight for suffrage started early in the 20th century in Ottoman Empire – then ruled by a monarchy – but they faced many other challenges after the country switched to a parliamentary system as they failed to have suffrage added to the new constitution in 1924. Before Atatürk´s reforms, it is known that, peasant… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

History, Political Discourse, Turkey, Uncategorized, women's rights

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Namık Kemal : The Poet for the Homeland and Liberty

December 3, 2018

Yesterday was the 130th anniversary of Namık Kemal’s death. Namık Kemal in full Mehmed Namık Kemal was born in Tekirdağ in 1840 and he had been one of the pioneering figures of Young Ottomans. The Young Ottomans had been a secret nationalist organization formed in 1865. This group called for the creation of a constitutional… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Languages & Culture, Turkey

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A (Work) Accident for the Statesmen but A Disaster for the Family of the Deceased

November 30, 2018

Two days ago, on November 28, a large concrete block fell during the construction of a highway viaduct in northwest region of Turkey, killing three workers. The accident occurred near the town of Gebze, in Kocaeli province, during the construction of the North Marmara Highway. With the collapse of the concrete block, the workers working… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

Current news, Democracy Theory, EurActiv.com, judicial independence, Media, Political Sociology, Turkey

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Begum Burak

I am an Independent Researcher and hold a PhD in Political Science

I hold a Ph.D. degree in Political Science & Int'l Relations (2015). I major in Turkish Politics with a special focus on the post-1950 era. The main areas of my interest also include secularism, civil-military relations, and discourse studies. For 6 years, I have been a freelance blogger, freelance translator and ELT (English Language Teacher). I am also one of the founding members of Ilkmade (Ilkmade is an online platform that moves away from content that degrades the mind to thoughtful, robust discussions that elevate it).


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