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Denominational public opinion on international politics: Alevi, Shiite, and Mutashayyi perceptions of Iran in Turkey Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Mustafa Onur Tetik, Nail Elhan
Iran’s contemporary transnational connection with Turkish Alevis and Shiites has been a curious case. This study examines the perceptions of Alevi, Shiite, and Mutashayyi (converted Shiite) religio...
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Narrative interventions in the framework of Manifesta 14 reviving and questioning the murky collective memory in Prishtina Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Frauke M. Seebass, Arban Mehmeti
In the strive for self-determination and European integration, Kosovo’s elites have been keen to suppress the Ottoman and Yugoslav heritages and memories in support of a Euro-Atlantic future. As Pr...
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Normalizing conflict – concealing genocide? Expert neutrality in the Armenian Azerbaijani conflict Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Arsène Saparov
The article investigates the issue of expert neutrality in the example of the Karabakh conflict. It interrogates the notion of neutrality. The expert publications are studied using the following me...
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Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the foreign and security policy of the Russian Federation Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Piotr Sieniawski
For the last three decades, Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been functioning as de facto states that unilaterally declared independence from Georgia. To this day, both have received substantial sup...
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A new geopolitical stalemate: revisiting the EU’s neighbourhood policy in Georgia Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-05 Yelda Karadağ
This article examines the EU’s neighbourhood policy, focusing on the extent of its role in instigating democracy promotion and responding to the security challenges in Georgia. It argues that altho...
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The ‘Russian factor’: implications for the EU’s policy in the Black Sea/Caucasus region Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Thomas Kruessmann
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Vol. 24, No. 3, 2024)
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The origins of the youth’s political trust in Southeastern Europe Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Anja Gvozdanović, Dragan Stanojević
This paper examines the extent to which the perceived quality of institutional performance as an endogenous source of trust and political socialization as an exogenous source of trust determine the...
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Suitcase Europeanization: the urban transformation of Northern Greece through the Gastarbeiter migration and return (1960-1981) Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Maria Adamopoulou
The road to Europeanization for the Greek state and society was a bumpy one: it carried people on the move to Western Europe and back, together with hopes, dreams, money and ideas. This article sho...
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What’s your source? Estimating the effects of media on youth political engagement in Southeast Europe Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Gabriel Bădescu, Paul E. Sum
Sustainable democracy in Southeast Europe is closely tied to the level of political engagement among young people aged 14–29. In this study, we examine how different media outlets influence politic...
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Turkey and the EU: waning foreign policy alignment in a changing international context Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Eda Kuşku-Sönmez
The current relationship between the European Union (EU) and Turkey is dragged outside the standard EU accession framework and is increasingly shaped by Turkey’s positions and actions regarding a s...
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On the footsteps of parents? Migration experience and aspirations of university students in Moldova Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Eliška Masná, Cristina Avram, Dušan Drbohlav, Natalya Kadatskaya
This article investigates the impact of parental migration on the migration aspirations of university students in Moldova. Through 24 semi-structured in-depth interviews with university students, t...
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Complementarity between the EU and NATO in light of the war in Ukraine: an analysis from the perspective of collective securitization theory Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-28 Armağan Gözkaman
Although the majority of studies on collective securitization theory (CST) focus primarily on states as the principal actors, certain scholars also concede the potential occurrence of collective se...
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The failure of Islamization policies in Turkey: a “Victory” of Secularization Theory? Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-26 Volkan Ertit
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s aim to raise a pious generation has failed to achieve its objectives. On the contrary, relevant academic studies reveal that Turkish society is secularizing. Therefore, the p...
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A neighbour no more: evolution of Ukraine in the EU geopolitical discourse from the 1990s to the post-Russian invasion Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Selin Türkeş-Kılıç
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, in many ways, significantly altered the perceptions of both countries. This study employs a critical geopolitics framework to analyse the evolution of the E...
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Ideological linkages and party competition in the 2023 Turkish general elections Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Kerem Yıldırım
This article explores the dynamics of ideological party competition within the context of the 2023 Turkish elections. Focusing on the role and appeal of ideology, it provides insights into the chan...
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Chechen diaspora members as foreign fighters in Syria and Ukraine: a diachronic study Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Emil A. Souleimanov, Roberto Colombo
Drawing on unique diachronic interviews, this article explores the self-reported willingness of Western Europe-based Chechen diaspora members to travel to Syria and Ukraine as foreign fighters. It ...
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Erosion of economic institutions in the age of democratic backsliding: an analysis of the Turkish case Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Işik D. Özel
This article examines the erosion of economic institutions against the backdrop of democratic backsliding, focusing on the Turkish case since the early 2010s. Drawing on the cases of the Central Ba...
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Politics of household indebtedness in Turkey Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Berkay Ayhan, Mustafa Aydin, Ahmet Ulcay
This paper deals with how Justice and Development Party (AKP) governments navigated the politics of household indebtedness in Turkey and utilized it towards the 2023 elections. It argues that house...
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Europeanisation of spatial planning. The Western Balkans between innovation and resistance Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Erblin Berisha, Giancarlo Cotella
Since the dissolution of the centralized economic systems, the Western Balkans have embarked on a gradual integration into the European Union. This entailed the introduction of new legislation, the...
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Continuity and change in Turkish politics: economic and behavioural explanations of democratic backsliding Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Mustafa Aydin, Kerem Yıldırım
This paper introduces a special issue focusing on the intricacies of Turkey’s party system and the evolution of Turkish party competition amid democratic challenges. The introduction provides a bri...
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The Greek military dictatorship: Revisiting a troubled past 1967 – 1974 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Thanos Veremis
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Questioning the ‘Humanitarian’ narrative? Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Burim Mexhuani
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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How incumbents create uneven patterns of competition during autocratization: the AKP case of Turkey Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Pelin Ayan Musil
This article explains the survival of the AKP in Turkey’s late stage of autocratization (2017-present) through its strategy of shifting the primary drivers of competition from individual parties to...
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An exodus from Turkey: tales of migration and exile Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Batıkan Bulut
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Right-wing populism in Turkey and the 2023 elections Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ezgi Elçi
This article examines right-wing populism in the May 2023 elections of Turkey, mainly focussing on the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi-AKP). Using the ideational approach ...
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Paradox of optimism: opposition coordination against autocratic incumbents in Turkey’s 2019 and 2023 elections Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Evren Balta, Seda Demiralp
In the 2019 local and 2023 general elections, Turkey’s opposition parties joined forces in pursuit of a common objective: to oust autocratic incumbents and democratize the political system. While t...
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Governance crises and resilience of authoritarian populism: 2023 Turkish elections from the perspective of Hirschman’s ‘exit, voice, and loyalty’ Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Mustafa Kutlay, Ziya Öniş
The May 2023 elections in Turkey are puzzling because public support for President Erdoğan did not erode despite political-economic failures of considerable magnitude. The economy was ailing, the g...
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The unintended consequences of the EU’s engagement in contested states: the case of Cyprus Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Alexandros Lefteratos
The academic scrutiny of the EU’s engagement in contested states focuses predominantly on purposeful aims disregarding collateral outcomes that still occur despite the EU’s desire or willingness to...
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‘Undivided’ city in a divided society: explaining the peaceful coexistence of Albanians and Serbs in Kamenicë/Kamenica, Kosovo Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Andjela Djordjević, Rok Zupančіč
The goal of this paper is to examine which factors have influenced interethnic relations between Albanians and Serbs in Kamenicë/Kamenica, which is significantly less hostile compared to other town...
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The role of operational code and the Cyprus negotiations: the case of Derviş Eroğlu as the Turkish Cypriot leader Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Tuğçe Denizgil, Ali Dayioğlu, Bülent Evre
This study aims to contribute to the literature on the Cyprus negotiations at the individual level and to identify the political-psychological factors underlying the negotiations through operationa...
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Transition from parliamentarism to presidentialism and the restructuring of the Turkish party system Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Sabri Sayari, Burcu Taşkın
The role of institutional factors on party system change has received increasing scholarly attention. This article analyses the emergence of new trends in the structure of party competition in Turk...
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The path to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine: Moscow’s framing of conflict and cooperation with the West under Putin’s rule Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Cristian Nitoiu
This article explores the relationship between the evolution of Russia’s foreign policy narrative (RN) and the breakdown of its relations with the West. Even though the West is a rather fluid and n...
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Rewriting history: directorate of communications and neo-Ottoman ideological recasting of Turkey’s history Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Asya Özer, Burak Özçetin
This study presents a multimodal discourse analysis of three historical videos produced by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications. The Directorate, chiefly operatin...
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Economic voting in the 2023 Turkish general election Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Selim Erdem Aytaç
The Turkish economy presented a complicated picture ahead of the 2023 election, with significant currency depreciation and soaring inflation yet robust growth and stable employment levels. How did ...
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Difficult choices: choosing the candidate of the nation alliance in the 2023 Turkish presidential election Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Lemi Baruh, Ali Çarkoğlu
The Turkish presidential election in 2023 marked a pivotal moment for the ruling Justice and Development Party and Erdoğan, grappling with criticism over their handling of the economic crisis. Six ...
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Elections and partisanship: analyzing the results of the 2023 general elections in Turkey Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Gülnur Kocapınar, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
On the 100th anniversary of the Republic, Turkey experienced another multi-party election. This paper aims to analyse the role partisanship played in determining the outcomes of the 2023 General El...
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The 2023 Turkish election: a tale of two campaigns and the duel of populisms Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi, Hakan Yavuzyilmaz
The 2023 Turkish elections marked a historic juncture in the nation’s political trajectory. Amidst economic, social, and political upheavals, coupled with a devastating earthquake, the elections se...
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Decoding the impact of covid-19 on everyday life practices of Syrian refugees: an investigation at the neighbourhood level Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Z. Ezgi Haliloğlu Kahraman
This study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at the neighbourhood level on the everyday life practices of Syrian refugees and the potential reasons for virus transmission in their se...
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The end of endless reign in Montenegro: identifying factors in DPS’s loss of power after thirty years of rule Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Miloš Bešić
After thirty years of uninterrupted rule, the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS) lost the elections in 2020. This paper explores four competing, yet not mutually exclusive, hypothes...
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Subnational regime variation in Turkey: how the Kurdish-majority region complicates Turkey’s regime type Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Dersu Ekim Tanca
Social scientists often regard countries as coherent units of analysis to determine the regime type or assess the quality of democracy. Categorizing countries on different scales of regimes, howeve...
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The irregular pendulum of democracy: Populism, clientelism and corruption in post-Yugoslav successor states Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Ece Işık Canpolat
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Memory makers: the politics of the past in Putin’s Russia Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Egesu Sayar
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Vol. 24, No. 3, 2024)
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Securitization and authoritarianism: the AKP’s oppression of dissident groups in Turkey Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 M. Furkan Küçükmeral
Published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Vol. 24, No. 3, 2024)
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The populist framing of the Russia-Ukraine war by the Hungarian government: convergence or contestation in the EU Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Melek Aylin Özoflu, Krisztina Arató
This study examines how the Hungarian government frames the Russia-Ukraine war within the context of its relations with the European Union (EU) using discourse historical strand of critical discour...
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Battle for the European Union in the periphery: contestation dynamics and domestic debates Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Ali Onur Özçelіk, Kadri Kaan Renda, Anthony Costello
Connected by a shared endeavour to enhance understanding of the forces that shape contestation toward the EU in its peripheries and unprohibited in approach, this special section explores the conce...
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Turkey’s proactive contestation of EU sanctions against Russia: European normative order vs. geopolitical realities Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Kadri Kaan Renda, Ali Onur Özçelik, Hüsrev Tabak
This article offers a critical discussion of third-country access to normative contestation within the European normative order. It empirically examines the external contestation of the EU’s recent...
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Contestation but not Euroscepticism: economic and security concerns and the fear of losing national traditions in Georgia Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Nino Javakhishvili, Nino Butsashvili
This paper examines the role of utilitarian, political, and cultural/identity-based factors of Euroscepticism on a nationwide representative sample of ethnic Georgians. Hierarchical multiple logist...
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Policy diffusion in unlikely places: between emulation and coercion in northern Cyprus Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 İbrahim Ayberk, Direnç Kanol, Nur Köprülü
This article utilizes policy diffusion theory to understand the policy processes in de facto states, specifically, to investigate policy-making in the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC),’ ...
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Being small in a large club: unpacking Armenia’s actorness in the Eurasian Economic union Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Erik Davtyan
This article examines Armenia’s agency in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It argues that, despite being the smallest member and facing huge power asymmetry inside the organization, Armenia has ...
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Counterterrorism as a boundary-producing practice: Turkey’s war on the PKK in the 1980s Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Tuncer Beyribey
This article aims to demonstrate how counterterrorism tactics abnormalize particular geographic areas by subjectifying communities as elements of this milieu to regulate and control the movements o...
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Securitization of gender as a modus operandi of populism: anti-gender discourses on the Istanbul Convention in the context of AKP’s illiberal transformation Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Didem Unal
This article examines how the discursive politics of securitization of gender operates in AKP’s recent framing of the Istanbul Convention (IC) and its decision to annul it. It demonstrates that AKP...
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The reproduction of fear in populist discourse: an analysis of campaign speeches by the Justice and Development Party elites Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Tuğçe Erçetin, Emre Erdoğan
This paper scrutinizes the reproduction of fear in the populist discourse of the Justice and Development Party and provides a content analysis of campaign speeches between 2015 and 2018. We posit t...
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Crisis and reform in Greece: a theoretical discussion on the domestic policy environment Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Nuve Yazgan
ABSTRACT This article examines the domestic reform environment in Greece during the Eurozone crisis and explores how it affected the policy implementation process. It provides an integrated theoretical approach by combining the elements of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF). The ACF and NPF prove useful in explaining the tumultuous implementation of the
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Citizenship by investment in Türkiye: Who buys citizenship and why? Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Ayla Deniz, Sibel Can Çetinkaya
ABSTRACT This study investigates the motives of those who want to acquire Turkish citizenship through investment. We conducted in-depth interviews with 45 people consisting of new citizens and intermediaries who assist foreigners in housing sales and citizenship applications in eight different provinces. Our study reveals that people from countries geographically close to Türkiye and global investors
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The sheep that god lost: ‘legally’ circumventing the human rights of undocumented migrants Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Tuğba Bayar
ABSTRACT The world witnessed the forceful repulsion of undocumented migrants when the Turkish government unilaterally repealed the EU-Turkey Deal in the Spring of 2020 and opened its border to allow migrants to reach the Greek border. In general, the rights of undocumented migrants are widely abused, particularly during migrants’ journeys towards asylum applications and pending status. This article
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The inefficiency of EU leverage in Serbia during the Russia-Ukraine war Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Branislav Radeljić, M. Cüneyt Özşahin
The war in Ukraine has exposed a rift between Serbia and the Brussels administration. Serbia has been accused of aligning itself with Russia as opposed to the strictly pro-Ukrainian EU. While Serbi...
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Unintended transformation? Organizational responses to regulative crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Najmin Kamilsoy
ABSTRACT Whereas nearly half of the world’s countries have imposed restrictions on civil society organizations (CSOs) since the 1990s, little is known about how those regulations reshape the civic space and actors. This article delves into the patterns of transformation of organizational behaviours of traditional non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and new CSOs before and following the enforcement
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Diaspora governance during the pandemic: the case of Turkey Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Bezen Balamir Coşkun, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on migration has been substantial, with border closures leading to the panic mobility of those returning home across the globe while sending states mobilized their resources to bring the citizens abroad back. In the case of Turkey, during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, state diaspora institutions like Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities
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‘Eminescu is everywhere:’ charting the memorial spatialization of a national icon Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Mihai S. Rusu
ABSTRACT Mihai Eminescu features prominently at the core of Romania’s pantheon of cultural heroes. Soon after his death in 1889, Eminescu was canonized as the ‘national poet.’ Drawing on several strands of scholarship, this article examines the spatial politics of Eminescu’s memorial cult in Romania. In particular, integrating four complete datasets of commemorative artefacts dedicated to Romania’s
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Drivers of crisis in the Greek-Turkish protracted conflict: a Neoclassical Realist reading Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Zenonas Tziarras
ABSTRACT Greece and Turkey have been involved in a protracted conflict over the Aegean Sea for decades. After a period of relative calm, Greek-Turkish relations started to deteriorate again in the mid-2010s, culminating in a months-long crisis that began in 2020 and ushered the two countries into unchartered waters. This article focuses on what led to the rekindling of the Greek-Turkish protracted