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Islamism and Turkey’s foreign policy during the Arab Spring by Baskan, Birol

“…The Arab Spring truly caught Turkey by surprise. In interpreting what was happening in the region, Turkey's foreign policy-makers relied on a particular view,…”
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Overcoming the Secular Suspicion? State Secularity and its Impact on Societal Relations in Turkey and Egypt by Baskan, Birol

“…What conditions are the most conducive for religious and secular groups to overcome their mutual fears and suspicions towards each other? This article…”
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Ankara Torn Apart: Arab Spring Turns into Turkey’s Autumn by Baskan, Birol

“…The end of the threat posed by Kurdish separationism and the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000s created an international environment…”
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SEEDS OF CHANGE: COMPARING STATE-RELIGION RELATIONS IN QATAR AND SAUDI ARABIA by Baskan, Birol, Wright, Steven

“…Qatar presents an interesting case study on the nature of state-religion relations as despite being of the same Wahhabi and Hanbali branch as neighboring Saudi…”
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Turkey between Qatar and Saudi Arabia: Changing regional and bilateral relations by Başkan,Birol

“…This paper discusses how Turkey’s bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia and Qatar have changed after the Arab Spring erupted and assesses how the Syrian…”
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Making Sense of Turkey's Foreign Policy: Clashing Identities and Interests by Baskan, Birol

“…This paper seeks to address the following question. Has Turkey's foreign policy become more sectarian after the Arab Spring? On a cursory level of discourse,…”
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Making Sense of Turkey's Reaction to the Qatar Crisis by Başkan, Birol, Pala, Özgür

“…When the Qatar crisis erupted in June 2017, Turkey quickly sided with Qatar, sending tons of food supplies and deploying troops in the Emirate. Yet, from a…”
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Turkey's Islamists: Accidental Democrats by Baskan, Birol

“…When it was founded in 2001, the current ruling party in Turkey, the Justice and Development Party (JDP), unequivocally declared its commitment to democracy…”
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Religion in Politics: How Does Inequality Affect Public Secularization? by Karakoc, Ekrem, Baskan, Birol

“…This study investigates the factors that affect variations in secular attitudes toward politics. The literature suggests that modernization may weaken…”
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Discourse and oppositionality in the Arab Spring: The case of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UAE by al-Zo'by, Mazhar, Baskan, Birol

“…Theorizing the nature and possibility of political opposition in the Arab Gulf states after the ‘Arab Spring’ has largely focused on the state’s capacity to…”
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What made Ataturk's reforms possible? by BASKAN, Birol

“…Most studies on Ataturk's reforms focus on the intentions of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, but the intentions alone do not explain how the reforms became possible…”
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Ankara Torn Apart: Arab Spring Turns into Turkey’s Autumn by Birol, BASKAN

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Turkey-GCC Relations: Is There a Future? by Baskan, Birol

“…The historical solution to the security problem in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, that is, the active military protection of a super power, is no longer sustainable…”
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Religious institutions and state building: Incorporation vs. exclusion? by Baskan, Birol

“…This dissertation explains why institutional and financial relationships of the religious establishment to the state vary across countries. The variation is…”
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Religious institutions and state building: Incorporation vs. exclusion? by Baskan, Birol

“…This dissertation explains why institutional and financial relationships of the religious establishment to the state vary across countries. The variation is…”
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