by Seckin Baris Gulmez (Royal Holloway, University of London) REVIEW OF Erhan Içener, David Phinnemore and Dimitris Papadimitriou (2010) “Continuity and change in the European Union’s approach to enlargement: Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe compared”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, 207–223.= This solid work gives a systematic account on [...]
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Article Review: “Erhan Içener, David Phinnemore and Dimitris Papadimitriou (2010) Continuity and change in the European Union’s approach to enlargement: Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe compared” by Seckin Baris Gulmez
Posted in REVIEW on August 10, 2010 |
Book Review: ‘The European Union and Global Social Change’ by József Böröcz
Posted in REVIEW, tagged József Böröcz, rutgers, wallerstein, xenophobia on April 12, 2010 |
József Böröcz (2009) The European Union and Global Social Change: a Critical Geopolitical-Economic Analysis (London & New York: Routledge). Reviewed by Didem Buhari-Gulmez (Royal Holloway, University of London) If you are fed up with the ‘Europeanization’ studies that present an overly optimistic view of the European Union as an actor by itself –for instance, as [...]
On the “Neighborhood Pressure”: The Review of Binnaz Toprak’s Report by Ahmet Kuru
Posted in REVIEW, tagged Ahmet Kuru, binnaz toprak, freedom, neighborhood pressure, Secularism on February 3, 2010 | 11 Comments »
On the “Neighborhood Pressure”: The Review of “Being Different in Turkey: Alienation on the Axis of Religion and Conservatism” by Binnaz Toprak et al. (2008). On November 22, 2009, I was the discussant of a panel at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference, in which the panelists—Binnaz Toprak, Berna Turam, Metin Heper, and Ayşe [...]
Article Review: S. Baris Gulmez (2008) ‘The EU Policy of the Republican People’s Party: An inquiry on the opposition party and Euro-skepticism in Turkey’ reviewed by Icten Ural
Posted in REVIEW on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gulmez, S. Baris (2008) ‘The EU Policy of the Republican People’s Party: An inquiry on the opposition party and Euro-skepticism in Turkey’, Turkish Studies, Vol. 9, Number 3, pp. 423-436. Reviewed by Icten Ural (Fatih University, TURKEY) In this study, the author tried to find out whether the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has a Euro-skeptic [...]
Article Review: Basak Taraktas (2008) “A Comparative Approach to Euroscepticism in Turkey and Eastern European Countries”
Posted in REVIEW, tagged euroscepticism, Taraktas, Turkey, Turkey-scepticism on September 28, 2009 |
Basak Taraktas (2008) “A Comparative Approach to Euroscepticism in Turkey and Eastern European Countries”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 16:2, 249-266. Reviewed by Seckin Baris Gulmez PhD Candidate at Royal Holloway University of London Taraktas’s piece examining the difference between euroscepticism in Turkey and the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) gives an ambitious account [...]
Book Review: The Making of the Justice and Development Party by Prof. Umit Cizre (ed)
Posted in REVIEW, tagged AKP, buhari-gulmez, cizre, Didem, JDP on September 22, 2009 |
Ümit Cizre, Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics), (London and New York: Routledge, 2008, 238 pp.) ISBN-10: 041539645X ISBN-13: 978-0415396455 This edited book is a promising attempt to provide guidance for assessing the place of the AKP within Turkish political [...]
