Siyaset Arenası’nda Vatandaş «Ayaklanıyor!»

İçinde solcusu da, sağcısı da, siyasetle uzaktan yakından ilgisi olmayanı da bulunan yeni bir hareket doğuyor ve hızla ilerliyor: Vatandaş Hareketi…Zira artık, geleneksel düzen partilerinden hiçbiri sosyal adaletsizliğin ve yoksulluğun ana nedenlerine karşı savaş verecek güç ve konumda değil, programları yetersiz kalıyor. Hareket bir parti değil. Seçimlerde kendilerine en yakın siyasi partileri destekleyecekler. Bu da yıllardır koalisyonlar yoluyla iktidarı ellerinden bırakmayanlara soğuk terler döktürmüyor değil… Hesaplaşma Vakti yakın (mı)!

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Sharm El-Sheikh summit declaration: Investing in Stability

Leaders of the EU and the League of Arab States (LAS) agreed to strengthen their partnership at the first summit ever held between the two regions. They adopted a joint declaration. The summit marked the start of a new dialogue between the EU and the LAS. Leaders committed to hold EU-LAS summits regularly, with the next summit set to take place in Brussels in 2022. Read the Summit Declaration; Syria, Libya, Yemen, Israel et…

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EU – League of Arab States Summit : Leaders from both sides will seek to strengthen Arab-European ties.

The Arab League was founded in 1945, has 22 members and four observer members: Europeans and Arabs have a long and rich history of cultural, economic, commercial and political exchanges. Brazil, Eritrea, India and Venezuela. Turkey and Iran have also both expressed their desire to join as observers, but their requests were delayed due to political problems with other Arab states, especially Iraq, Egypt and Syria.. [English] – [Türkçe]

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Global energy system at a time of increasing uncertainties : Five-year forecasts for the energy industry

At a time when geopolitical factors are exerting new and complex influences on energy markets, underscoring the critical importance of energy security, the experts detail global energy trends and what possible impact they will have on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access.

Turkey’s Democracy score declined for the sixth time in a row

Democracy stagnates, Political participation rises, Women’s political participation makes progress, Europe’s democratic malaise persists, “Flawed democracies” fall further, The Return of Populism, Are Electoral process and pluralism free, Do freely elected representatives determine government policy? Is there a sufficient degree of societal consensus and cohesion to underpin a stable, functioning democracy? Is there a free media? Do ethnic, religious and other minorities have a reasonable degree of autonomy and voice in the political process?

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Corruption: Threats over the Journalists

Not even a month into 2019 and we are once again disturbingly reminded of the risks many journalists take when reporting on corruption.

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2019’da Dünyayı ve Türkiye – AB İlişkilerini Neler Bekliyor?

AB’nin 2019 gündemi Türkiye-AB ilişkilerini etkilemesi muhtemel ne gibi parametreler sunuyor? Türkiye-AB ilişkilerini etkileyecek en önemli parametre Türkiye’de hak ve özgürlükler alanını açacak, öze ilişkin ve hukuk uygulamalarını düzeltecek, devlet yönetiminde şeffaflık, hesap verebilirlik ve liyakatı geliştirecek bir reform gündemi olacak

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