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This paper aims to analyse the impact of Brexit on UK-Turkey Relations with a comparative foreign policy analysis. The article evaluates whether there is a continuity or rupture in the trajectory of the British-Turkish relations in the aftermath of Brexit. The official statements from both sides are used as data for the analysis. Arguably, the British foreign policy has been particularly affected by the Brexit referendum in June 2016. It is imperative to comparatively investigate the scope and limits of this impact to understand the course of this process. Meanwhile, because of the Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis, Turkish foreign policy has been on a troublesome phase with the US and the EU as well. There was also a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016. The rapprochement between the UK and Turkey has been significant in this process. This article analyses this rapprochement under three sub-titles: (1) Counter-terrorism, regional security, and the Syrian civil-war; (2) the European Union and Cyprus; and (3) Trade and Economic Co-operation. This study argues that, in the post-Brexit era, the bilateral relations between Turkey and the UK have not shown any sign of rupture, but instead, there is a strengthening continuity [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), embarking on significant roles in the development of both undeveloped regions and developed economies of the world, especially in many European countries, have come to agenda with intense discussions in Turkey. Although forms and directions of these discussions have changed following of RDAs going into action, concerns about their vision and future roles are still up to date. In this study, place and importance of Turkey's RDAs, of which legal basis was formed in 2006 and establishment was completed all over the country in 2010, will be handled by presenting experience of regional development agencies of England. As England model has been generally tackled in the formation process of RDAs in Turkey, discussions have remained mostly theoretical in similarly entitled studies in the literature. There have also existed concrete practices in Turkey with the agencies' coming into operation. This paper aims to add the experience of these practices to the previously conducted theoretical studies in the same title and make contribution to studies to be carried out in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]