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This article studies Islamisation in Turkey by analysing some performances of the Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK), the state agency with the duty of licensing and supervising the various media organizations. As the article demonstrates, Islamisation at RTÜK occurs with its informal incorporation of Islamic ethical principles in its professional decisions. This instance of Islamisation is significant, for it operates informally by engaging Islamic rules directly. RTÜK demonstrates neatly how a state agency can reference Islamic principles in the very act of justifying the rationale of its official decisions about the content of the media organ under its review. It is with such analyses that this article aims to propose a more rigorous conceptualisation and explanation of Islamisation in Turkey than the ones commonly available in the literature: It provides an in-depth analysis of Islamisation in the news media, a field that Islamist political actors know full well to be strategic in the transformation of a society; and by demonstrating that Islamisation endeavours in Turkey are not confined to the obvious organs of propagandisation like the news media, but they penetrate informally also the supposedly neutral statutory rules and regulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The MHP won 13 percent of the vote in the June 2011 elections, which guaranteed it 52 seats in parliament. Ever since the 1960s, the MHP has operated with a vague party identity that amalgamated different, even contradictory, elements such as Islam, folk nationalism, secularism, militarism, Kemalism, statism, and even Ottomanism. However, the serious issues that are challenging Turkish politics today, such as civilian-military relations, the Ergenekon trial, Islam in the public sphere, the Kurdish question, the crisis of the presidential election, or the 2010 referendum, have made a nebulous discourse operationally impossible. This paper argues that the recent political polarization between the AK Party and the CHP put an end to the MHP's strategy and discourse of traditional obscurantism, causing in these last elections this party's unimpressive electoral performance., Xhe Nationalist Action Party (Milliyetci Hareket Partisi, MHP) won 13 percent of the vote in the June 2011 elections, which guaranteed it 52 seats in parliament. Although many parties were [...]

The article studies the nuclear agenda of Turkey from two grounds: material and non-material. Both bases are discussed at length regarding Turkey's position in international policy at regional position and domestic level. Turkey's changing policy at home and abroad are analyzed over a sensitive issue, the nuclear, to grasp whether it would be annoying a nuclear gone state with negative aspirations or a state successful for combining its nuclear need with its liberal agenda in the region and at home. Methodologically, the issues are discussed over 'the norms model'. In order to anatomize the Turkey's changing role in the region the new institutional approaches of Turkey to neighboring countries are handled. Referring relations with her neighbors the materialistic grounds of the nuclear- rather than an identity matter- are explored especially addressing Turkey's energy hunger and its need of stability in regional setting. Keywords: Nuclear Energy, Turkey, Iran, Security, Norms Model. Bu calisma Turkiye'nin nukleer enerji ilgili gundemini maddi ve maddi olmayan temeller uzerinden irdelemektedir. Her iki temel de Turkiye'nin uluslararasi pozisyonunun bolgesel ve ic politika duzlemlerinde ele alinmasini gerektirmektedir. Calisma, Turkiye'nin ic ve uluslararasi duzeyde izledigi politikalardaki degisiklikleri nukleer enerji gibi hassas bir konu uzerinden izlemektedir. Buradaki amac degisen politikalarin ulkeyi nereye tasidiginin gorulmek istenmesidir. Bir diger deyisle, Turkiye'nin uluslararasi hukuka saygili bir nukleer ulke mi yoksa nukleer enerji ihtiyacini ic ve bolgesel anlamdaki liberal gundemiyle bulusturan bir ulke mi olacagi tartismasi yazinin temelini olusturmaktadir. Metodolojik anlamda; temel problematik 'normlar modeli' uzerinden ele alinmaktadir. Bu baglamda Turkiye'nin bolgesel politikalarinin anatomisinin cikarilmasi amaciyla komsu ulkelerle iliskiye gectigi 'yeni kurumsal yaklasim' ele alinmistir. Bolge ulkeleriyle iliskilerde Turkiye'nin nukleer enerjiye ve bolgedeki istikrara duydugu ihtiyac kimlik sorunundan bagimsiz olarak maddi temeller uzerinden tartisilmistir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Nukleer Enerji, Turkiye, Iran, Guvenlik, Norm Modeli., Turkey announced a sophisticated nuclear energy program amidst the discussions raging over the Iranian nuclear program. The AKP (1) Government, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adopted Law 5654, [...]

Despite the negative atmosphere it created for both sides, the Davos case should be seen as an opportunity to revisit the various aspects of Turkish-Israeli relations. Turkish-Israeli rapprochement is important for the regional order. However, both sides should realize that like all bilateral relations the Turkish-Israeli one is subject to social, political and psychological parameters. There is no ideal, correct model that is free of social effects. The fluctuations of a bilateral contact cannot be understood through simplistic analyses that prioritize personalities or other trivial issues. Every single event, including that at Davos, should be seen as one function of complex social phenomena. Even the most unexpected events in politics are the products of several major social machineries. This article will offer an alternative analysis of the Turkish-Israeli relationship in the light of a number of social structures., Many aver that the 2009 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos opened a new era in Turkish-Israeli relations. Before expanding on this, it should be made clear that the [...]

The recent rapprochement between Turkey and Syria is an important development in the regional politics. An analysis might give a clue to systemic and domestic dynamics interacting to lead to [...]

What follows is an analysis of recent events in Turkey with respect to the group referred to as the 'Hizballah' (the Party of God), set within the context of Turkish [...]

The removal of a national from his or her country, or civilized parts thereof, for a long period or for life is known as exile. Four post-modern exiles and their stories are focused: Amet Kaya, Esat Cosgan, Fethullah Gulen and Uzeyir Garih.

INTRODUCTION THIS ARTICLE IS A CRITICAL ANALYSIS of the recent Turkish-Israeli relations. The core aim of this study is to claim the existence of limits within the Turkish-Israeli Alliance, following [...]