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Future of Turkey-EU relations: a civilisational discourse
(Pergamon Press, 2005)
Should or can Turkey join the European Union (EU)? This paper argues that there are three alternative scenarios of the EU decision to grant membership to Turkey: 'privileged relationship offer,' 'wait and see attitude,' ...
The missing link between inflation uncertainty and interest rates
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2005)
In the literature, there is no consensus about the direction of the effects of inflation uncertainty on interest rates. This paper states that such a result may stem from differentiation in the sources of the uncertainties ...
Population changes in Ottoman Anatolia during the 16th and 17th centuries: The "demographic crisis" reconsidered
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Whatever the fruits of discussing the problem at such a theoretical level, in the case of Anatolia it is perhaps more important to bear in mind the geographical dimension of the population changes in the late-16th- and ...
Monetary transmission mechanism in Turkey under the monetary conditions index: an alternative policy rule
(Routledge, 2004)
This study analyses monetary transmission mechanism in Turkey using a small structural macroeconomic model. The core equations of the model consist of aggregate demand, wage-price setting, uncovered interest rate parity, ...
A return to 'civilisational geopolitics' in the Mediterranean? Changing geopolitical images of the European Union and Turkey in the post-cold war era
(Routledge, 2004)
The prevalence of the discourse of ideological geopolitics during the Cold War meant that both Turkey and the EU belonged to the West by virtue of their ideological orientation. In the absence of this prevalent geopolitical ...
The politics of educational exchange: Turkish education in Eurasia
(Routledge, 2004)
This article assesses the role of educational exchange as a foreign policy tool. It investigates public and private educational ties that were established between Turkey and Turkic populations of Eurasia, including the ...
The USA's role in mediating the Cyprus conflict: a story of success or failure?
(Sage Publications Ltd., 2004)
This article is an attempt to assess the role played by the United States in the search for a solution to the Cyprus conflict both during and after the Cold War. The USA's role in mediating the Cyprus conflict during crisis ...
A tale of two mayors: courts and politics in Iran and Turkey
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
Countries such as Iran and Turkey do not fit comfortably into the democratic and authoritarian categories. In these countries, elections are held regularly, and the will of the people is accepted as one source of sovereignty. ...
Monetary policy rules in practice: evidence from Turkey
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2004)
This paper estimates a forward-looking monetary policy reaction function of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey by considering the period from 1990:01 to 2000:10. When the spread between the interbank rate and ...
The effect of foreign income on economic performance of a small-open economy: evidence from Turkey
(Routledge, 2004)
The effect of a shock in the foreign economic performance on the domestic economy is an attractive research area. It has consistently been found that this effect is non-negligible. However, the countries examined are mostly ...