Cold Turkey

Empires from 500 BCE all developed and changed over time. Many factors contributed to these developments and changes such as their geography and their leaders. Geography influences cultures, people, and agriculture. Greece and Rome had very different types of land even though they both shared the Mediterranean Sea. The land quality of Greece and Rome are quite different, as are the cultures and religions; leaders made an impact on the way these empires developed. First of all, the Mediterranean…

Introduction The Republic of Turkey is one of many states greatly affected by the current Syrian Civil War, which has also caused an immense displacement of Syrian refugees seeking safety. As a neighboring state, it is burdened by the great influx of refugees, prompting an adjustment on the refugee policy, the state of Syria and the Islamic State. Its foreign policy greatly depends on systemic variables such as geography, alliances, and relative power. According to Joseph Micallef,…

However, with the rise of ISIS and the attempted coup in Turkey the security situation in Turkey has become shaken(“Turkey’s New Role,” n.d.). With the importance of security in the region, these events have opened the opportunity for private security firms to increase and expand their presence in the region. There are multiple benefits for growing the private security firms into Turkey. The first is the growing demand for security forces in Turkey. The growing need will provide increased…

Turkey today is said to be a democracy, but they have many essential elements to a democracy missing. Turkey has been mistaken as a democracy; the truth is it can be similarly related to a dictatorship. Turkey lacks having democracy attributes within, pluralism, civil liberties, and performance. These three elements are crucial to having a successful democracy. Turkey fails to accept diversity in their society. Pluralism is a way a democracy remains a democracy, without it, it can become…

religio-political Movement launched by the Muslims from the British India to the retention from the Ottoman Caliphate or even khilafat-e-Usmania and for not letting to the Muslim holy locations go beneath control from the Non-Muslims. During the 1st World War Turkey sided against Germany and since Germany began…

account from a neutral party, published by a diplomat about killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians who lived in the Ottoman Turkish Empire. The reports in the book were written by Leslie Davis, who was a lawyer and U.S. consul in Harput in eastern Turkey from 1914 to 1917. Susan Blair, a researcher compiling proof of the Armenian genocide found the 132-page report in the National Archives, after they were declassified. Davis’s report, submitted to State Department for internal use in 1918,…

In May of 1915, the Allied Powers accused the Young Turk regime of crimes against humanity. In 1919, the Ottoman government persecuted leaders of the Young Turks of crimes of massacre. After 1920, Turkey obligated itself to the apprehension of those responsible for the massacres. The international community never questioned the accuracy of the reports of extermination, although they should have. In 1923 the international community abandoned the Armenians…

On September 2, Alan Kurdi, a three year old toddler, drowned after a rowboat, trying to reach the Greek island capsized, while attempting to escape a civil war Alan Kurdi came from Kobani, the city in northern Syria, that was evacuated due to the Kurdish forces war against the Islamic State extremists. On September 2nd Alan, his brother Ghalib and their mother were among a dozen Syrian refugees, including 5 children who drowned. Abdullah Kurdi was among the few people who survived. We…

since his birth, after some time war broke out and Alan and his family fled Syria. They were able to reach Turkey, but hoped for Canada where Alan’s aunt lived. Alan and his family started the route to Canada, travelling by cramped plastic boats with other refugees through the Mediterranean Sea. The boat capsized, and Alan’s father could not save him. Alan’s body was found on the coast of Turkey with the rest of the wreckage. This is a story that many Syrian refugees can relate to. Alan’s story…

Throughout time, there have been many different cultures and empires, some of which may require the average man to work, or the female to work, or arranged marriages and so forth. However, it seems as if the Byzantine Empire covered the “whole nine yards.” Life as a Byzantine was a lot different than most would expect, they had different beliefs and worked hard for their beliefs and stayed true to them, in all courses of their culture. The Byzantine’s were very hard workers, they worked for…