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The Time For Change in Turkish Politics?
The Time For Change in Turkish Politics?
Erdoğan is on his way out. Most likely.
Burak Demir
May 8, 2023
The Rise of Authoritarianism and the Currency Crisis in Turkey
The Rise of Authoritarianism and the Currency Crisis in Turkey
Turkey has been experiencing increasing authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with its roots traced back to the 2013 Gezi…
Burak Demir
May 8, 2023
US Presidential Election Prediction
US Presidential Election Prediction
It is a personal tradition for me to make a guess on elections. It is tricky. My experience so far is, if you follow the polls closely…
Burak Demir
Oct 31, 2020
Is the United States the Bad Guy?
Is the United States the Bad Guy?
The Nature of the American Leadership in the World
Burak Demir
Jun 27, 2017
Guardiola’s Legacy on El Clásico
Guardiola’s Legacy on El Clásico
Starting in 2008, several Spanish teams gradually have gone through major transformations. Guardiola and his new Barcelona revolutionized…
Burak Demir
Apr 22, 2017
The Impacts of the Economic Transformation on Daily Life in Turkey
The Impacts of the Economic Transformation on Daily Life in Turkey
This is just a blog post based on personal observations, nothing more. My grandparents lived in a village before they migrated to Ankara…
Burak Demir
Apr 4, 2017
USA 102: America for Beginners
USA 102: America for Beginners
I mostly wrote USA 101: America for Dummies for non-Americans who plan to travel or move to the US. Because it is really not what you…
Burak Demir
Feb 23, 2017
Seeing Like A State by James Scott
Seeing Like A State by James Scott
Scott’s ‘Seeing Like A State’ is one of my favorite social science texts. It is a passionately written essay with full of interesting facts…
Fatih Ümit Çetin
Feb 23, 2017
Anti-Politics Machine by James Ferguson
Anti-Politics Machine by James Ferguson
As Ferguson describes, his anthropological study titled ‘Anti-Politics Machine’ is “not principally a book about the Basotho people, or…
Fatih Ümit Çetin
Feb 23, 2017
The Turkish Language
The Turkish Language
If you are able to read this article, you already speak English. Are you learning another European language of Indo-European origin as a…
Burak Demir
Feb 3, 2017
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