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Revisiting the European refugee crisis of 2015: a post-functionalist analysis
(Bilkent University, 2020-07)
In 2015, the EU faced the most severe and intense refugee crisis since the Second World War. As a result, a divided EU emerged, which prevented it from finding a common solution to the refugee problem. Accordingly, the EU ...
Turkey’s isolation from the regionalization process in the Eastern Mediterranean: a case study of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF)
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)
The recent offshore gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean has highlighted new conflictual and cooperative dynamics in the region. The study investigates the dynamics of the regionalization process with a special ...
The EU-Turkey refugee deal: multiple levels of international negotiation
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)
In March 2016, the European Union (EU) and Turkey agreed on a deal which envisaged to put an end to the irregular crossings of Syrian refugees from Turkey to Europe. This thesis aims to explain two important puzzles regarding ...
Great expectations: Turkey’s status-seeking policies in the 21st century
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)
This thesis aims to analyze the role of status concerns in Turkish foreign policy in the
21st century. Utilizing Richard Ned Lebow’s theory that he built in his book A Cultural
Theory of International Relations, this ...
Maternal activism, feminism and world politics: the case of the Saturday mothers in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2020-07)
This thesis addresses the question of whether or not the Saturday Mothers and
their protests can be seen as serving feminist objectives in Turkey, situating it
within the broader context of maternal activism and feminism ...
The active participation of the Russian women in the great war
(Bilkent University, 2020-09)
This thesis attempts to inquire the active participation of the Russian women in the war effort during the First War World War. Its origins can be traced back in the Sisters of Mercy which had been established during the ...
How does the discovery of hydrocarbon resources in maritime boundary delimitation zones affect interstate conflict?
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)
This thesis analyzes how the discovery of hydrocarbon resources in the maritime territories affect interstate conflict based on a paired comparison of: the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the South China Sea conflicts. ...
The creation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) was established as the Bosphorus Declaration was signed during the Istanbul Summit of 1992. Turkey and President Turgut Özal were mostly accredited for the initiation of the regional ...
How terrorists use the internet
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)
The advent of technology has offered various advantages to terrorist and insurgent
groups as well as it has done to the states, business world, and ordinary
individuals. Terrorists have been using the Internet with the ...
Shifts in American coercive diplomacy policies through energy weapon
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)
This thesis focus on two issues. First, it evaluates the performance of oil as a weapon for coercive diplomacy from the perspective of the United States and its rivals. It investigates three different case studies: Japan ...