The rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the withdrawal of Iraqi government forces towards Baghdad and the continuing civil war in Syria have created a dangerous security vacuum at the core of the Middle East. The advance of ISIL is now threatening the Kurdish controlled…

ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER, CİLT 11, SAYI 43, GÜZ 2014 Mustafa AYDIN ve Fulya EREKER* Bu çalışmada, toplumunun tarihsel olarak kendine özgü bir güvenlik tanımlaması çerçevesinde inşa edildiğini söyleyebileceğimiz Türkiye’de güvenlik ve strateji kültürünün temel dayanakları, gelişimi ve uygulanışı ele alınacaktır. Bu bağlamda öncelikle Türkiye’nin güvenlik algılamalarının tarihi ve jeopolitik alt yapısına…

Turkey’s long-standing dream of European Union (EU) membership is still alive today, though only barely, despite blows from inside the country and from several EU members. Domestic and international developments in the last few years have prevented refocusing on the issue: The last chapter for negotiations was opened at the…

After being stopped in front of Kirkuk with the combination of the resistance from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and U.S. air strikes, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has carried the fighting into Syria and has been battling with Kurdish groups in Ayn al-Arab, known as Kobane/Kobani in…