Turkey

A- 10 PERCENT ELECTORAL TRESHOLD POLICY As we all know history of democracy dates back to ancient Greek city-state of Athens. In Athenian democracy people were governed directly. But it is merely impossible to apply same direct democracy in today’s societies considering difficulties to interact with the millions of citizens. This practical reality gave birth to notion of representative democracy where political power is used by representatives. It is required to simplify the overall process in…

around woman, specifically with the scene with the mayor’s daughter. Not a single one of the men tried to speak to her, and she was very meek and shy while she was serving them tea. In this way, this film showed us an insight to how the people of Turkey, and more specifically Anatolia, live their…

eastern part of Turkey and Northern Iraq. The PKK was formed in 1974 inspired by the Marxist-Leninist ideology, till date the insurgent organisation aims to create an independent state for…

The Ottoman Empire, also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of southeastern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman I.After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe, and with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman Beylik was transformed into a…

Greece, amidst a financial emergency on the scale of the Great Depression, was not ready to deal with such a variety of individuals without a moment 's delay, prompting repulsive scenes of frantic, hungry individuals on islands generally saved for vacationers. The world expected to meet up and go about as a united front, yet, rather, it has turned out to be more separated. Numerous states utterly declined to take in any refugees, allowing the Border States to sit alone in their battle. In 2014,…

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…

Oral history and written accounts are products of memories, which are transformed into text for future civilizations to store and analyze. It is important for different cultures to instigate the importance of retaining memory as it through this trait that their accomplishments and failures will be remembered. Nevertheless, memories face a fatal flaw considering they are the product of humans, who are inevitably driven by specific interests including political, self, and economic to manipulate…

Trade has been a universal practice since the beginning of time, occurring not only among members belonging to one civilization, but between other societies as well. Trade was a way for people to have access to resources they otherwise would not be able to have. While trade across land was common, trade by water began to gain more popularity with the invention of better boats. One of the most well-known seas that had much trade occur upon it, is the Mediterranean Sea. Being able to access these…

The western media have made the word Arab spring one of the most popular word; but what is the actual meaning of the word. According to middle east.com Arab spring means the series of anti-government protests, uprising and armed rebellion that spread across the Middle East in the early 2011.Moreover, the main reason of the revaluation was the dissatisfaction with their governments and to improve their living stander. Unfortunately, the outcomes of this revolution have created a horrible…

Have you ever heard of The Byzantine Empire? Chances are, you haven’t and to most people’s surprise, the unheard of empire survived successfully for over 1,000 years. The Byzantine Empire was the civilization that was created when the eastern part of Rome broke off from the quickly falling empire of Rome. The Byzantine Empire was founded in 330 A.D and was ruled by Constantine. The three main aspects of the empire that induced the success of the Byzantine empire were: religion, education,…