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    International security assistance force : with special reference to Turkey's leadership
    (2004) Ateş, R. Deniz
    This thesis describes and explains the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) with special reference to Turkey’s leadership. The significance of Turkey’s leadership, organization and activities of ISAF will be explained alongside the events led to the establishment of ISAF, its history, mission, and competences. After the U.S.-led multinational operation defeated the Taliban regime and damaged Al Qaeda heavily, the maintenance of security and the reconstruction of Afghanistan were vital in order to prevent revitalization of the broken link between Afghanistan and international terrorism. As a part of the UN state-building activities in Afghanistan, to assist the Afghan authorities in the maintenance of security in Kabul and surrounding areas, the UN Security Council authorized ISAF, initially led by Great Britain. After September 11, Turkey emerged as one of the leading actors in the fight against terrorism and she, being a country that suffered from terrorism for years, supported fully all the counter-terrorism activities. Turkey actively participated in ISAF, and when the British mandate was over, she took over the command of ISAF. Turkey was a perfect choice to lead ISAF since she had an Islamic population with a secular and democratic government and was one of the few countries whose forces were capable of coping with this kind of mission. By assuming the command of ISAF, Turkey has demonstrated her determination to fight against terrorism once more. During her leadership, ISAF operated efficiently and the stability and security in Kabul and surrounding areas improved gradually.
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    United Nations intervention in Darfur : a case study
    (2010) Akgün, Filiz
    The crisis in Darfur started in February 2003 as an insurgency movement against the Sudanese government in Khartoum. The response of the ruling party to the uprising became devastating and paved the way to the extreme level of humanitarian suffering. The United Nations has been criticized widely due to its late, reluctant and ineffective response to this humanitarian crisis. This thesis aims to analyze the peace operation in Darfur within the context of the UN interventions in intrastate conflicts. The attitude of the UN in the Darfur crisis is interesting to examine as the case took place in the intersection of two opposite processes. On the one hand, there were significant attempts to regulate the norm of humanitarian intervention and to increase the effectiveness of peace operations. On the other hand, the impact of 9/11 attacks was radically changing the agenda of the world politics. This study tries to assess the intervention on the basis of four questions: How can the basic principles of peacekeeping be applied to that case? Has the AU/UN hybrid operation in Darfur succeeded? What were the reasons for the UN to respond lately and reluctantly in Darfur? How can the case be evaluated within the context of humanitarian interventions? In the final analysis, this thesis argues that despite the fact that significant normative progress has been achieved in rhetoric especially in notion of sacrificing state sovereignty for the sake of human security, the practice is still shaped by the political calculations of member states.