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This book provides readers with a fresh analysis of the Arab state by using a new theoretical framework: hybrid sovereignty. The author ;examines various areas to make his argument: citizenship, the issue of minorities, electoral engineering, the failure of central rule, tribalism, and the lack of impersonal bureaucratic mechanism

"The negotiations with Kurds started before the Arab Spring. Its architects planned and initiated the process before the Arab Spring. However, the balance of Power between the government and the Kurdish movement (i.e. the PKK) was dramatically changed during and after the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring linked developments have increased the PKK's (and the Kurds') leverage both domestically and regionally. Contrarily, the Arab Spring weakened Turkey's both material and symbolic capacity. Today, there are three Kurdish cantons in Northern Syria. Therefore, certain results of the Arab Spring linked developments in the region have almost made the realization of the certain targets of the Kurdish opening less likely if not totally impossible. The following article analyzes how the Arab Spring transforms the Kurdish problem in a regional context." (author's abstract)

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Explores various scenarios in the event of overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, regional security implications of a regime change and how the Middle East balance of power would be affected if Iraq disintegrated, US and Turkish policy toward Iraq, and impact of US-imposed embargo on the Iraqi people.

Aksakallı, V.; Tekiner-Moğulkoç, H.; Koç, M.: A quantitative analysis of Turkey's 2011 election. - S. 189-198 Bacık, G.: The Nationalist Action Party in the 2011 elections : the limits of oscillating between state and society. - S. 171-187 Uysal, A.: Continuity and repture : the "new CHP" or "What has changed in the CHP?". - S. 129-146 Yegen, M.: The 2011 elections and the Kurdish question. - S. 147-169 Çinar, M.: The electoral success of AKP : cause for hope and despair. - S. 107-127