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Trump’s attitude towards North Korea and Iran

October 6, 2019

This blog piece I will write today is organized like a take-home essay and it has a simple question: What does/should Trump do vis-a-vis- the nuclear programmes of Iran and North Korea?   First I will define terminology then write some basic information of the two countries then I will try to make some evaluations… » read more

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Current news, Energy, EurActiv.com, Political Sociology, The US

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THE “UNDESIRED” CITIZENS OF TURKEY

September 18, 2019

  State-formation process entails producing some kind of an ‘imagined’good or desired citizen profile. This concept of imagined desired citizen has its significant other(s) too who have influenced the constitution or reconstitution of the national identity. The notion of a significant other may be another ethnic or religious group and significant others have an influence… » read more

Posted by Begum Burak

EurActiv.com, History, InfoSociety, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Uncategorized

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Book Review:Citizen Alevi in Turkey: Beyond Confirmation and Denial

September 4, 2019

Today my blog piece is again about a book. The book is written by Ahmet Öncü and Gürcan Koçan with the name “Citizen Alevi in Turkey: Beyond Confirmation and Denial”.       Here are some important points covered in the book     Understood as one “imagined” homogeneous socio-cultural-political whole (Gellner, 1997; Anderson, 1991),… » read more

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EurActiv.com, History, InfoSociety, Languages & Culture, Religion

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The United Nations fails to fit its purpose

August 14, 2019

The UN is an international organization founded with the aim to promote peace and stability in international platform along with providing cooperation in the area of economy and culture among the states. The UN was founded in 1945 after the Second World War. In the Charter of the United Nations signed in San Francisco (… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, History, Uncategorized, United Nations

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The Treaty of Lausanne is 96 years old!

July 24, 2019

  The signing of Lausanne Peace Treaty marks the end of the War of Independence. The Treaty was signed with France, Portugal, Bulgaria, Japan, Greece, Romania, Italy, Britain, Belgium and Yugoslavia in Switzerland. The Treaty of Sevres (1920) had remained as a draft treaty and could never come into force. Finally, the Treaty of Lausanne… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, FirstWorldWar, History, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Uncategorized

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Female Education in Developing Countries and Turkey

July 20, 2019

  Education is key to self-awareness and self-development. The right to education for every single person has been a global goal for decades, but since the 1990s, female education and women’s empowerment have come into sharp focus.   The key role of female education in economic and political development in addition to the role it… » read more

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Current news, Turkey, Uncategorized, women's rights

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Realism still matters…

July 15, 2019

  Article Review: “Realism” by Jack Donnelly in Burchill et. al., eds. , Theories of International Relations New York: Palgrave, 2005), pp: 29-54 In my blog piece, I will try to analyze J. Donnelly’s article. In this article, the author is trying to find the answer of the question of “what are realism’s characteristic forms,… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Global Europe, History, Political Sociology, Uncategorized

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Scholars gathered in cyberpolitics conference

July 1, 2019

With the end of the Cold War, new techniques and approaches have emerged in the international system in the fight against global terrorism. In order to maintain international peace and security, conventional methods and tools like the military forces have become insufficient to combat terrorism and new threats like cyber crimes.   As a consequence… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Political Sociology, Science & Policymaking, Turkey, Uncategorized

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Öcalan’s letter, so what?!

June 22, 2019

          In the last couple of weeks, Turkey has been witnessing quite bizarre developments in the political scene.   As known, the İstanbul polls will be re-held tomorrow and the tension between the two camps has risen. The voters of İmamoğlu and Yıldırım have got engaged in conflictual dialogues in social… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, InfoSociety, local elections, Political Discourse, Political Sociology, Turkey

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Fatherhood and Paternalism

June 16, 2019

        Today is father’s day…. Happy Father’s Day!   On this very day, I want to publish a blog piece about paternalism and the historical roots of father’s day.   Every special day has its own history and so does the father’s day. On July 5, 1908, a church located in the… » read more

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Current news, EurActiv.com, Father's day, History, Paternalism, Political Sociology, The US

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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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