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ABOUT THE GROUP

The Group was established by the Institute of Political Science, University of Warsaw, in May 2014. Its members are researchers working on politics of the Republic of Turkey from different fields within social science and humanities, in many universities in Poland and abroad.

RESEARCH

Main areas of research interests

DOMESTIC POLITICS

Political leadership, political parties and party systems, political system, (de-)democratisation, role of religion and ideology in the political life, minority policy

TURKEY AND POLAND

Relations with the European Union, (de-)Europeanization, Turkey and Poland as middle powers, energy policy, security policy

COMPARATIVE STUDIES

Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe (see: Bibliographic Database) – mainly de-democratisation and de-Europeanisation

ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUM

Siginificance of elections and referendum for the political system/political regime and foreign policy of Turkey

RELATIONS TURKEY-EU

Relations between Turkey and the EU as well as their future shape; relations Turkey-EU and differentiated integration

FOREIGN POLICY

Foreign policy of Turkey – selected issues