Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts

This article addresses the question of how to theorize the relation between uncertainty and governmentality with regard to displacement and its consequences. It explores the experiences of asylum seekers in Turkey and the bureaucratic processes of refugee status determination, local dispersal, and third country resett…

In recent years, illegal transit migration through Turkey, together with the use of Turkey’s territory as a transition post for onward migration towards the west, has become an issue of growing importance to the Turkish government. The government seeks to control and manage transit migration, often organized by crimin…

This essay argues that Turkey’s foreign policy has been Middle Easternized. This has mainly been informed by the growing negative impact of political developments in the Middle East—particularly Iraq—on Turkey’s feeling of security at home and abroad. Rather than culminating in a breakup with the West, this Middle Eas…

• HIZIR TARIK OĞUZLU

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

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• BETÜL DOĞAN AKKAŞ

During the Cold War, “buffer” or “bastion” seemed a popular metaphor to describe Turkey. After the Cold War, “bridge,” (and, to some extent, the “crossroad”) metaphor started to dominate the Turkish foreign policy Dışcourse. This article traces the use of “bridge” metaphor in this Dışcourse in the post-Cold War period…

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…

This article explores Israeli-Turkish relations within the context of the deepening polarization between Turkey's secular elite and the religiously oriented segments of society. Examining the causes and political context of the alliance, the author argues that the deepening ties are at least partly a function of the s…

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

Abstract Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East has become highly contested in the last two decades. The changes in the international and domestic environment have led to the emergence of competing ideas as to the elements of Turkish foreign policy in this region. This article argues that these ideas ultimately rep…

(1999). Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: historical framework and traditional inputs. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 35, Seventy-five years of the Turkish Republic, pp. 152-186.