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The Madımak Affair

July 3, 2020

This piece is taken from a part of my PhD thesis defended in 2015. For proposal sample visit this link. Alevis[1] differ from the Sunni Muslim majority in their practice and interpretation of Islam. Specific rituals and cultural practices play an important role in the maintenance of Alevi identity. Parallel to the Islamist and Kurdish… » read more

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culture, Current news, domestic politics, EurActiv.com, History, identity, InfoSociety

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Book Summary: Politics by Andrew Heywood

June 27, 2020

  In this blog piece, I will provide a summary of the renowned book “Politics” of Andrew Heywood. This summary of mine was made for my PhD course in 2011. CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS POLITICS?   Politics, in its broadest sense can be defined as the activity through which people make, preserve and amend the… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

Current news, Democracy Theory, EurActiv.com, EurActiv.de, History, Political Sociology, Uncategorized

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The Historical Roots of Turkish Foreign Policy

June 12, 2020

The foreign policy of Turkey has undergone substantial changes since its establishment due to internal and external factors. This research article is an attempt to analyze Turkish foreign policy from a historical perspective. While doing this, the political culture, decision-making processes in foreign policy issues and the structure of foreign policy determinants will also be… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

AKP, cold war, Current news, EurActiv.com, European Union, Foreign Policy, History, Political history of Turkey, Turkey

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The Anatomy of Militarism and an Overview of Civil-Military Relations

June 10, 2020

This article deals with two topics: civil-military relations theoretically and Turkish case in terms of militarism. This article weas originally published in 2011 on GW Post. Militarism assumes and promotes the idea that difference involves incompatibility, brings competition and eventually produces mutual destruction. People do not have an inherent need to compete. But military culture… » read more

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EurActiv.com, History, Political history of Turkey, Turkey

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The 1960 Coup in Turkey: An Attempt to Analyze Politics from a Gramscian Perspective

May 26, 2020

  On 27 May, 1960, modern Turkey witnessed its first full-fledged military coup. The coup was of a non-hierarchical nature in the sense that it was not carried out by generals but by other military officers belonging to lower status such as colonels. What paved the way for the coup can be seen as multi-dimensional.… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

Current news, domestic politics, Economy, EurActiv.com, EurActiv.de, History, InfoSociety, Political Sociology, Turkey, Uncategorized

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Coronavirus as a litmus test for Turkey’s soft power and social welfare state policies

May 11, 2020

    Coronavirus is continuing to spread all over the world, with nearly three million confirmed cases in 185 countries. At least 200,000 people have died so far.[1] The COVID-19 virus was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China in late 2019. It spread almost all over the world in a very short period… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, Global Europe

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A Critical Review of Turkish Society

April 29, 2020

This article was written in 2012. Now I want to post it on my blog page. It is also available online at GW Post but it is hard to find and get Access; so I put it here as some sort of archieve practice 🙂     In my country, while discussing daily political and… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

culture, Current news, domestic politics, EurActiv.com, History, identity, InfoSociety, Religion, Secularism, Turkey, Uncategorized

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“Truth” and “Deception” in Totalitarian Regimes

April 21, 2020

  Totalitarian regimes have their own code of conduct. In democratic regimes, the ruling elites have certain and similar responsibilities. However, every totalitarian regime has its own unique nature despite similarities as every totalitarian leader has his own self-declared rules.   In this short essay, I will try to analyze Karl Popper’s work ‘The Open… » read more

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EurActiv.com, History, Political Discourse, Uncategorized

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Islam and Liberty

April 17, 2020

This blog article was firstly published in early 2012 when I was a PhD candidate. My academic interests dont cover the issues of religious liberty or Islam in general. However, I had written it to attempt to remove some biased views about Islam among foreign students / my peers (generally they were my audience on… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Islam, Religion

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Selected Bibliography About Migration

April 7, 2020

After the series of my blog articles concerning migration, I will provide a huge bibliography for the scholars interested in this issue. I already used some of these resources in my blog articles.   Abadan-Unat, N, Bitmeyen Göç: Konuk İşçilikten Ulus Ötesi Yurttaşlığa, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2002.   Akdaş, T., Migration as a security… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

Current news, EurActiv.com, Migration, Political Sociology

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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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