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WHAT WOULD A POST-ERDOĞAN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY LOOK LIKE?

December 8, 2021
by Haşim Tekineş, published on 8 December 2021
If Erdoğan is voted out of office, no one in Washington or Brussels should expect Turkey to suddenly turn into a docile and obedient ally. Structural changes in the international environment, broader bureaucratic and ideological trends in Turkey, and new facts on the ground that Erdoğan has created will all limit the potential for “normalization” in post-Erdoğan Turkey.
Euronews

AYM'nin süre aşımı kararlarına karşı ne yapılabilir? Bireysel başvuru yolu etkinliğini yitiriyor mu?

November 8, 2021
by Hakan Kaplankaya, published on the November 8, 2021
Son zamanlarda AYM’nin bireysel başvuru süresine dair bilinen içtihatlarına aykırı kararlar alarak bireysel başvuru yolunu işlevsizleştirdiğini ortaya koyan birçok örnek ortaya çıkmaya başladı. AYM son zamanlarda, başvurucu ya da avukatının Yargıtay kararını UYAP üzerinden öğrendiği tarihten itibaren 30 gün içerisinde bireysel başvuru yapmadığı gerekçesiyle bireysel başvuruyu süre aşımı nedeniyle reddetmeye başlamıştır.
The Washington Institute

Turkish Diplomacy by the Numbers: A Decade of Trends

November 5, 2021
by Haşim Tekineş, published on 5 November 2021
Turkey has maintained strong dialogue with NATO and EU countries despite increasing differences regarding foreign policy matters. Meanwhile, Turkey’s intensifying relations with authoritarian states is one of the striking trends between 2010 and 2020.
Ahval News

Dışişleri, ‘Monşerler’ ve Erdoğan’a biat kültürü

October 7, 2021
by Bahadır Gülle, published on 7 October 2021
Dış politikamız, uzun yıllar içinde geliştirilen ilişkilerin hoyratça harcandığı, en kıdemli uzmanların ulusal menfaat bağlamında rasyonel bir açıklama getiremedikleri, gündelik tepkilerle idare edilmeye çalışılan bir basiretsizlikler toplamına döndü.
Orion Policy

Turkey-Qatar Relations after al-Ula

September 28, 2021
by Haşim Tekineş, published on September 28 2021
elations between Turkey and Qatar have flourished within the past decade, particularly after the 2017 Gulf boycott against the latter. Yet efforts by Ankara and Doha to normalize diplomatic relations with Gulf countries and Egypt raise doubts about the future of bilateral relations between Turkey and Qatar. For sure, neither Turkey nor Qatar have any interest in ending their mutually beneficial bilateral relations.
Voelkerrechtsblog

Devious Use of International Organizations to Persecute Dissidents Abroad: The Erdogan Case

August 20, 2021
by Yasir Gökçe, published on August 20, 2021
Authoritarian governments are exerting their influence on interstate political bodies to persecute political opponents at home and abroad. This results in practices that undermine the rights of individuals to a fair trial, the right to be heard, and the right to judicial review.