President Obama was re-elected in 2012 Presidential elections for 4 more years in White House. This has been celebrated by Democrats along with other groups who expect American government to fulfill their promises in the next term. One of these … Continue reading
Recently, it has been debated whether to continue supporting political science research by National Science Foundation . The debate is taking place at Congress level and political scientists have been informed by ongoing debates , mobilized by emails, written petitions … Continue reading
Ed Miliband’s speech on immigration and labor market is an interesting new direction in the development of politics of immigration in Europe. Milibant, Labor Party Leader in UK, told the press that they were wrong on immigration policies when Labor … Continue reading
Here is some good news from two good friends that I started grad school with in 2005 at Sabanci University , Istanbul. They recently published a paper in International Political Science Review March 2012 issue with the following title: ‘Public … Continue reading
Hi , it has been a while since I posted an article on my blog. This is partly because I am too busy to think of what would be a good blog post. But now, i am in Portland , … Continue reading
Today, I have found out that Pelin Ayan, a good old friend from my undergraduate years at Marmara University, published her first book (to my knowledge:)) from Palgrave Macmillan. She is also the first person from my cohort to publish … Continue reading
Yes, French Senate approved the bill on non-citizens’ right to vote in local elections. The bill passed by 173 votes in favor and 166 votes against.French Senate is mainly composed of opposition parties, namely Socialist, Communists and Greens. The bill … Continue reading
I came across with Albert Durana’s PhD thesis on immigration and journalism.He defended his dissertation in University of the Basque Country and it is titled as ‘The profile of Basque journalists and their training in the social field of immigration.’ According … Continue reading
Today, my essay on local voting rights of immigrants has been published on EUDO Cafe. Here is the link to my essay. What is EUDO Cafe: The EUDO Cafe is a place for discussing ideas on the challenges facing democracy … Continue reading
The painting above is from the collection of Osman Hamdi Bey and dates back to 1906-07. There are several suggestions for Osman Hamdi’s inspiration to draw the painting. I rather care about what I see when I glance at the … Continue reading
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