A New Issue of INSIGHT TURKEY

INSIGHT TURKEY (Vol. 16, Number: 2; 2014) 

CONTENTS

Commentaries
A Quick Glance at the History of Elections in Turkey
IBRAHIM DALMIS

The AK Party: Dominant Party, New Turkey and Polarization 
E. FUAT KEYMAN

The Structural Causes of Political Crisis in Turkey
OSMAN CAN

Strengths and Constraints of Turkish Policy in the South Caucasus
BAYRAM BALCI

Elections in Iraq: What Does the Future Hold?
RAN JALAALDIN

Hezbollah and Syria: From Regime Proxy to Regime Savior
RANDA SLIM

The Impact of the "New" Zero Problems Policy and the Arab Spring on the Relations between Turkey and Lebanese Factions
MUSTAFA YETIM and BILAL HAMADE 

Articles
The Longest Year of Turkish Politics: 2014
TAHA OZHAN

One Down, Two More to Go: Electoral Trends in the Aftermath of the March 2014 Municipality Elections
ALI CARKOGLU

The 2014 Local Elections in Turkey: A Victory for Identity Politics
HATEM ETE

The Republican People's Party and the 2014 Local Elections in Turkey
MUSTAFA ALTUNOGLU

Syria: The Hope and Challenges of Mediation
MAHMOOD MONSHIPOURI and ERICH WIEGER

The Crimean Crisis in the Context of New Russian Geopolitics
OKAN YESILOT

Japan and Turkey: The Contours and Current Status of an Economic Partnership/Free Trade Agreement
SCOTT MORRISON

Book reviews

Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy: The Politics of the Turkish Nove
ERDAĞ GÖKNAR, REVIEWED BY MICHAEL MCGAHA, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 197

Ottoman Izmir: The Rise of a Cosmopolitan Port, 1840-1880
SIBEL ZANDI-SAYEK, REVIEWED BY ELENI BASTÉA, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 199

Sovereignty After Empire: Comparing the Middle East and Central Asia
SALLY CUMMINGS and RAYMOND HINNEBUSCH, REVIEWED BY GÜL BERNA ÖZCAN, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 201

Fathers and Sons: The Rise and Fall of Political Dynasty in the Middle East
M.E. MCMILLAN, REVIEWED BY ÖMER ASLAN, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 204

Revolution and Reform in Russia and Iran: Modernisation and Politics in Revolutionary States
GHONCHEH TAZMINI, REVIEWED BY DAVID RAMIN JALILVAND, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 206

Muslim Minorities and Citizenship: Authority, Communities and Islamic Law
SEAN OLIVE-DEE, REVIEWED BY ANNE SOFIE ROALD, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 209

Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia
CAROLINE KUZMENKO, ANDREI V. BELYI, ANDREAS GOLDTHAU and MICHAEL F. KEATING, REVIEWED BY SREEMATI GANGULI, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 211

Picknick mit den Paschas: Aleppo und die levantinische Handelsfirma Fratelli Poche (1853-1880)
MAFALDA ADE, REVIEWED BY METIN ATMACA, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 213

The Story of Islamic Philosophy
SALMAN H. BASHIER, REVIEWED BY SAJJAD H. RIZVI, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 215

Principles of Islamic International Criminal Law: A Comparative Search
FARHAD MALEKIAN, REVIEWED BY AYŞEGÜL ÇIMEN, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 217

Filistin Politikamız: Camp David’den Mavi Marmara’ya
ERKAN ERTOSUN, REVIEWED BY SALIM ÇEVIK, Insight Turkey, Vol. 16 / No. 2 / 2014, p. 219