Papers and Reports
The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions and views of either the Diplomatic Academy or those of the University of Nicosia.
Glances on Turkey: Abdulhamid II and the Mobilization of History in Current Politics
In the first installment of the Glances on Turkey, Evangelos Areteos explains the relationship between Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II's role in history and his cultural heritage in today's Turkey, where Abdulhamid II has become an integral part of populist mobilization.
Attempting to Map the Turkish Electorate: The Turkish Opposition and the Challenge of the Undecided Vote
In this second report on the Turkish electorate, Evangelos Areteos explains the relationship between the opposition and the undecided, and the reasons why disaffected voters steer away from the opposition.
Attempting to Map the Turkish Electorate: AKP’s Challenge of Religious Voters’ Disaffection
This work focuses on society, religion, and the testing of the Islamist mobilization in Turkey. It examines the reasons behind voters’ disaffection, with a particular focus on the more conservative and religious elements in society.
Turkey’s Foreign Policy in Africa: A New Paradigm of Turkish Foreign Policy?
While highlighting the challenges Turkish foreign policy in Africa faces, Evangelos Areteos also makes a case of this policy being a combination of "public diplomacy and visionary strategic pragmatism". This combination has led to a new paradigm in Turkish foreign policy.
“Our Bodies are Turkish, Our Soul Islamic”: The Grey Wolves and the Essence of Present-Day Turkish-Islam Mobilization
Evangelos Areteos explains how the ideology and combative activism of the Idealist Hearths is radically transforming the country’s political and cultural dynamics
“Restless Conservatives”: Turkey’s volatile kingmakers and the limits of nationalist hybridization
Recently, AKP and Erdogan have been facing challenges from their own backward, the “huzursuz muhafazakarlar” - the “restless conservatives”. This group's actions put into question how long the dominant narrative of Turkey’s grandeur can remain sustainable.