scholarly journals THE CULTURAL-CIVILIZATIONAL ASPECT IN THE FORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION POLICY OF R. ERDOGAN GOVERNMENTS

2016 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
A. Boiko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
European Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Turkish State

The question of European integration of Turkish Republic is considered as one of the central issues in the sphere of the history of international relations. The origins of this problem should be sought in the processes that have shaped the modern Turkish state, that being the rule of the first President of the Republic. With the government headed by R. Erdogan taking a grip of power in 2002, Turkey has fully revised its foreign policy. In particular, it intensified efforts to integrate the state to the EU. However, these intentions could not be realized due to a number of reasons. The article considers cultural-civilization influence on the formation of the foreign policy of Turkish Republic in the sphere of European integration, formation and evolution of the views of the Turkish government on the idea of state "Westernization". It devotes main attention to the views of Ahmet Davutoglu and his strategy of Turkish foreign policy. The article also researches his views on the influence of the eastern cultural and civilizational values and religion on the international position of the Eastern countries and, in particular, on their relations with European countries. Moreover, the research provides an attempt to analyze the cultural-civilizational differences as a factor of preventing Turkey from entering the European Union.

scholarly journals The influence of european integration on the formation of turkish foreign policy (2003-2014)

2016 ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Oleg Mashevskyy ◽  
Andriy Boyko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Domestic Policy ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Turkish Foreign Policy ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
History Of ◽  
Turkish State ◽  
The Impact

The process of European integration of Turkish Republic is one of the most difficult topics in the history of international relations. This political process reacts on the international course and domestic policy of Turkish state. The article is focused on the influence of European integration of Turkish Republic on the formation of Turkish foreign policy in the period of Recep Erdogan governments (2003-2014). The impact of European integration on changing domestic policy was analyzed in the context of formation of state international policy. Main ideas and foreign strategy concepts about European policy by Ahmet Davutoglu were considered too. The author emphasizes that the Turkish government could change the state international course after Justice and Development Party came to power in 2003. Since this time Turkish Republic started the process of changing traditional “west-oriented” policy.

The Accessibility, Usability, Quality and Readability of Turkish State and Local Government Websites an Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Yakup Akgül
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government ◽  
Turkish State

With significant development in Internet technology contributing to daily lives in nearly every aspect, it is important that government websites and e-government services offered through them are used effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily. Achieving accessible, usable, qualified, and readable e-government services that enable citizens to fulfill different users' requirements by everyone involved in the target group, implying a lack of equality between disabled and non-disabled people in benefiting from online governmental services regardless of time and location constraints, has become a global aim. This study investigated whether the websites of the state and local level e-government in the Turkish Republic comply with prevailing standards of accessibility, heuristic usability, mobile readiness, performance and, the readability of website content with six different indices and whether these qualities depend on the type of the government websites. After examining 77 state and 247 local e-government sites, the results indicate that the Turkish government websites have made many of the accessibility, usability, quality, and readability mistakes as predicted. In light of the study findings, this paper will present some recommendations for improving Turkish government websites, as well as discuss future implications.

The Accessibility, Usability, Quality and Readability of Turkish State and Local Government Websites an Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 780-802
Author(s):  
Yakup Akgül
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government ◽  
Turkish State

With significant development in Internet technology contributing to daily lives in nearly every aspect, it is important that government websites and e-government services offered through them are used effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily. Achieving accessible, usable, qualified, and readable e-government services that enable citizens to fulfill different users' requirements by everyone involved in the target group, implying a lack of equality between disabled and non-disabled people in benefiting from online governmental services regardless of time and location constraints, has become a global aim. This study investigated whether the websites of the state and local level e-government in the Turkish Republic comply with prevailing standards of accessibility, heuristic usability, mobile readiness, performance and, the readability of website content with six different indices and whether these qualities depend on the type of the government websites. After examining 77 state and 247 local e-government sites, the results indicate that the Turkish government websites have made many of the accessibility, usability, quality, and readability mistakes as predicted. In light of the study findings, this paper will present some recommendations for improving Turkish government websites, as well as discuss future implications.

International Relations in the New “Constitution of Finland”

2000 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-522
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
Comprehensive Reform ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Organisation

AbstractThe need for a comprehensive reform of Finland's four laws of constitution has been discussed since the late 1960s. As a consequence of several substantial changes to the old constitutional laws and the political consensus to move the system of governance in a more parliamentary direction, a new Constitution was drafted during the 1990s and adopted by the Parliament in 1999. Finland's new Constitution integrates constitutional provisions into a single Constitution, and reduces the constitutional powers of the president of the republic. The new Constitution increases parliamentary control in foreign policy. It requires the president to co-operate with the government when directing Finland's foreign policy. It also requires acceptance by the Parliament of a wider range of international obligations. The system for the national organisation of matters concerning the European Union adopted in connection with Finland's accession to the Union in 1995 has also been confirmed by the Constitution, with the government and the Parliament being the main actors in that field.

An Update on Turkish Archives

1989 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-187
Author(s):  
Kemal H. Karpat
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Director General ◽  
North African ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
History Of ◽  
Administrative Framework ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

Students of Middle Eastern, North African, and Balkan history of the period extending roughly from the middle of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of World War I ought to know about the vital developments that have occurred since 1985 in the Turkish Archives or Başbakanlik Arşivleri (prime minister’s archives). These materials were to be moved to the central archive building in Ankara, but the ultimate decision was made to keep the Ottoman documents in Istanbul and to use the large Ankara archive building for preserving the material accumulated during the Republic.An international conference was convened by the Turkish government in 1985 to discuss the situation of the Ottoman archives. The meeting was opened by Prime Minister Turgut Ozal, who promised on behalf of the government to do whatever was necessary to expedite the classification of the existing material and facilitate its use. After the conference, Professor Halil Inalcik and I were invited to Ankara to discusss with Mr. Hasan Celal Güzel—then prime minister’s aide, currently minister of culture—the measures necessary to train archivists. Later, in the summer of 1986, I participated in several working sessions presided over by Mr. Güzel to discuss various technical questions, such as the administrative framework of the archives, the training of personnel both at home and abroad, and so on. In a recent visit to the archives (November 1988), I was able to assess on the spot the work carried out since 1986 under the supervision of Professor Ismet Miroglu, the current director general of the archives.

Turkish Cypriots - A People Unfairly Treated And Isolated by the International Community

Belleten ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 73 (266) ◽  
pp. 179-200
Author(s):  
Salâhi R. Sonyel
Keyword(s):  
The European Union ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Coup D'etat ◽  
Turkish People ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Republic Of Cyprus ◽  
The Right ◽  
Greek Cypriots

The struggles of the Turkish people of Cyprus for their existence and human rights began immediately after the signing of the Cyprus Agreement, on 4 June 1878, between the Ottoman State and England (Britain), giving the latter the right to occupy Cyprus provisionally. These struggles accelerated following attempts by the Greek Cypriots, pampered by the British, to aspire for enosis (union with Greece), and reached the zenith after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960. The Greek Cypriots, who believed that the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus was provisional, and dreamt of the Megali Idea (Great Ideal), in the fulfilment of Greek imperialism, prepared various secret plans and plots in order to cow down, and eliminate the Turkish Cypriots, which they began to implement in 1964. However, there were splits and divisions among them, which led to the Sampson coup d'etat in 1974. However, there were splits and divisions among them, which led to the Sampson coup d'etat in 1974, thereby causing Turkey to intervene, as one of the guarantor powers, in order to protect the Turkish Cypriots against the Greek-Cypriot plans to exterminate them. However, Western states and organisations, and particularly the European Union (EU), which admire, and are under the influence of, ancient Hellenes continued, and still continue, to recognise the government of South Cyprus as the 'legal government' of the whole island and refuse to recognise the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. As a result, the Turkish Cypriots have been subjected to isolation, unfairly and contrary to the principles of justice. In this monograph I shall try to reveal as to how and why the EU decided, with the pressure of Greece, to admit South Cyprus to membership contrary to the principles of fairness, justice and legality.

scholarly journals Britain’s Participation in Foreign and Security Policy of The European Union: Review of Russian Historiography

2017 ◽  
pp. 25-47
Author(s):  
Andrii Hrubinko
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
British Government ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

The article analyzes the achievements of Russian historical science in examining of scientific problem of the UK’s participation in the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. The author splits the scientific publications of Russian researchers into three groups: 1) general works on the history of the formation CFSP of the EU; 2) those on the history of the country’s participation in European integration as a separate direction of foreign policy; 3) works specifically investigating the participation of Great Britain in CFSP of the EU. In conclusions, a list of leading research academic and university centers of Russia for the research of this problem is given. The conclusions as well comprise a list of scientific issues which often publish articles on European politics of Great Britain. The critical analysis of the illumination of the proposed topic delivered in the publications of Russian historians is presented. It is noted that the issue of participation the UK in Common Foreign and Security Policy as a relatively new and specific direction of the EU development is a part of the research topics of the Russian historians, however, it hasn’t become a priority and remains insufficiently developed. This is evidenced by the absence of any kind of special publications. The historical experience of participation of the UK in developing and implementing the CFSP of the EU in the Russian historiography was mainly covered in the general context position of the British government in relation to the European integration. In the publications avaluable, the analysis of the theoretical-conceptual basics and strategic approaches of the British government to the foreign policy component of the European integration at different stages of its development remains predominant. The issues of participation of the official London in the specific projects of the EU’s foreign policy are insufficiently explored. The history of the country’s Eastern European policy is barely covered as well. The issues of participation of the Royal Armed Forces in the civil and military missions of the EU and military-technical cooperation states of the Union are unexplored either. The issues touching upon the policy of Gordon Brown’s and David Cameron’s governments on the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy are virtually unexplored.

scholarly journals UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Shynkar ◽  
Svitlana Roshko
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Eu

The prospects for Ukraine's European integration require in-depth analysis and comparison of the legislative, economic, social and other dimensions of our country with the EU partners, as well as an assessment of their compliance with European integration principles. An objective analysis of compliance is equally relevant for both Ukraine and the European Community. The aim of the study is to develop theoretical, methodological provisions and practical recommendations for carrying out political and economic transformations in Ukraine, which will contribute to the integration of our country into the European Union. The scientific article provides a functional analysis of the main elements of macroeconomic policy, without the solution of which it is impossible to carry out effective economic reforms and the transformation of Ukraine into the EU structures, as well as methods of analysis and comparison are used while identifying certain economic and legal factors that stimulate or restrain the potential of the Association Agreement Ukraine - EU. To build an effective market economy in Ukraine, develop a business that really works, and in the interests of the welfare of citizens, it is necessary to reform AMKA and antimonopoly legislation. In March 2021, the Government of Ukraine approved the National Economic Strategy-2030. Several directions of this strategy began to be implemented. From July 1, 2021, the land market should fully start working in Ukraine. This, in turn, will contribute to the development of small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises. The transformation of Ukrainian society into "civilized" European and world structures also presupposes reforming the ecological situation in Ukraine. Work continues on one of the most important problems for the Ukrainian economy – the ACAA agreement ("industrial visa-free"). A comprehensive solution to these problems will contribute to the practical solution of the tasks of Ukraine's European integration policy. The article analyzes modern political and economic problems and development prospects of our country during the transformation period. The authors of the article consider the main directions of reforming the Ukrainian economy in the context of the implementation of Ukraine's European integration course. All political and economic reforms, which are carried out in Ukraine, are guilty of being coordinated with changes, which are being introduced in the EU. The perishing of the market transformation of the Ukrainian economy requires the approval of a regulatory framework, the completion of the process of forming an effective market infrastructure in the country, training of personnel, building workers in new minds. We are also important in the whole plan for the establishment of the Institute of Private Power, for the protection of the national capital, for the stimulation of education, for small business.

scholarly journals “Creative Drama” in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol XII (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Perihan Korkut
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Creative Drama ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Turkish State

The Turkish Republic is a young one. Established in 1923, it has gone through many social and political transformations, which have inevitably had an influence on how science and art are perceived. The Republic inherited from the Ottoman Empire a performative art tradition which had its roots in three distinct types of theatre: village shows; folk theatre played in town centres; and court theatre, which was based on “western” theatrical traditions. Considering the geographical location of Turkey, the term “West” signified the more advanced and civilized countries of the time, most of which were located in Europe. Having recently emerged from a tragic war, Turkey’s most urgent aim was to be on a par with these western countries in terms of science and arts. Therefore, western theatre, rather than the traditional forms, was promoted by the government (Karacabey 1995). As a result of this emphasis on western forms of theatre, many translated and adapted works were performed in theatres. In fact, even today, nearly half of the plays put on stage by Turkish state theatres are translated works. The following sections describe some examples from traditional and western forms of Turkish theatre. Fig. 1: http://aregem.kulturturizm.gov.tr/Resim/126102,ari-oyunu-yozgat-akdagmadeni-bulgurlu-koyu.png?0 These are short plays performed ...

scholarly journals The Modern Diasporal Policy of Turkey: Features and Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-84
Author(s):  
N.A. Kuklina ◽  
◽  
V.V. Yudaev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Flexible Tool ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Diaspora Policy ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Republic Of Turkey

nowadays, the role of the diaspora as an autonomous subject of international relations has grown significantly, and the diasporal policy has become a flexible tool for the foreign policy of many states of the world. The article discusses the history of the formation of the diasporal policy of the Republic of Turkey, its features and implementation technologies, as well as the key institutions responsible for the development of this foreign policy vector. The author characterizes Turkish diasporal politics as a theoretical phenomenon and gives his own definition of the term «diasporal politics». During the study, the author relied on such methods as the general historical method, the analytical method, document analysis method. The author concludes that the vector of the diaspora policy in the foreign policy activity of the Republic of Turkey is new and has its own distinctive features, and the active comprehensive measures undertaken by the Turkish government in this direction to date have already proved their effectiveness.

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