Middle East Politics and Society

L'A. s'interroge sur l'identite nationale des turcs. Il s'interesse plus particulierement au nationalisme en Turquie et au role des elites d'Etat en ce qui concerne la construction d'une ideologie officiele republicaine qu'il etudie dans le detail. Il pose le probleme du rapport de ce pays a l'Orient et a l'Occident.…

Although the Syrian conflict continues, local and global stakeholders have already begun to consider the return of the six million refugees, especially as neither the option of local integration in the countries of first asylum nor that of resettlement to third countries is seen as a realistic possibility. Elaborating…

• MAISSAM NIMER

The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides an original perspective on the history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society. Winter presents a history of the community before the 19th century, based primarily on Ottoman Turkish documents. From these, he examines how local Shiites were well integrated…

Metropolises in Turkey like İstanbul, Ankara, and İzmir along with the cities in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia received a significant number of internally displaced Kurds (hereinafter referred to as Kurdish IDPs) in the late 1980s to the 1990s. One of the impacts of this displacement in the urban areas has been th…

Turkey has been undergoing major democratic transformations in recent years, but one issue remains in question: the role of the military. Have these democratic changes also included an irreversible, structural change for the Turkish military's political role? Are the Turks reconceptualizing their special bond with the…

• ERSEL AYDINLI

Sowers ve Toensing'in Mısır konusunda Middle East Report'da yayınlanan çeşitli makaleleri bir araya getirdikleri bu kitap, 25 Ocak devrimini, devrim öncesi ve sonrasındaki gelişmeleri, Mısır'ın siyasal, sosyokültürel ve ekonomik hayatındaki eğilimlerden ayaklanmaya katılan aktivistlerin tecrübelerine kadar uzanan süre…

Russian and Turkish interests have clashed over Syria since the beginning of the conflict in late 2011. Yet, in Summer 2016, the two governments emerged as deal makers in the Syrian conflict. Due to a host of international and regional reasons, Russia and Turkey have enhanced cooperation on the ground in Syria. This a…

• SEÇKİN KÖSTEM

This article examines the Turkish case within the framework of theories that explain the impact of transnational factors upon civil-military relations in national contexts. The authors examine the impact of Turkey’s European Union (EU) membership candidacy on civil-military relations in Turkey. More specifically, they…

• AYLİN GÜNEY GEVREK

Abstract With the majority of refugees now in urban areas, mayors and municipal authorities have been recognized as increasingly important policy actors in the global refugee regime. This trend is acknowledged in the policy literature. However, there has been little systematic academic research exploring the condition…

• FULYA MEMİŞOĞLU ZAİMOĞLU

This article comparatively assesses the meaning of civil society in Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey, by utilising the results of a study conducted among civil society actors. In recent decades, civil society has become integral to discussions of political liberalisation. At the same time, there is a growing rift between int…

'Civil-Military Relations in Turkey' published in 'The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe'

(2000). The Turkish‐Israeli rapprochement in the post‐Cold War era. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 172-191.