American Constitutional Law and Politics

In this rich intellectual history, Cemil Aydin challenges the notion that anti-Westernism in the Muslim world is a political and religious reaction to the liberal and democratic values of the West. Nor is anti-Westernism a natural response to Western imperialism. Instead, by focusing on the agency and achievements of…

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Every year, an estimated 2.0-4.4 million adolescents resort to abortion. In comparison with adults, adolescents are more likely to delay the abortion, resort to unskilled persons to perform it, use dangerous methods and present late when complications arise. Adolescents are also more likely to experience complications…

Although human rights doctrine has primarily been a product of Western history, non-Western conceptions and interpretations of issues which we may today link with "human rights" can undoubtedly enrich the debates on this topic. The Ottoman system prioritized the benefits of collectivities rather than those of individu…

This book draws on the literatures of transnationalism and diaspora studies to explore the ways in which the policies of emigrant-sending countries have an influence on how emigrants politically engage on issues related to their homelands. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with policy makers, diplomats, bureaucra…

Türk siyasal hayatında öteden beri var olan hükümet sistemi arayışı, 10 Aralık 2016 tarihli Anayasa Değişikliği Teklifi ile daha somut bir nitelik kazanmıştır. Söz konusu teklifle “Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sistemi” adıyla birçok yönden başkanlık sistemine benzeyen bir model önerilmiş ve 16 Nisan 2017 tarihli halkoylamasıyla k…

• ÇAĞRI ÇOLAK

The ideal of the United Nations was first put forward by Immanuel Kant in his 1795 essay Perpetual Peace. Kant, in the tradition of Locke and Rousseau is a liberal who believes that relations between individuals can either be based upon law and consent or upon force and violence. One way that such the ideal of world p…

This essay is about the Ottoman treatment of war prisoners at the end of the eighteenth century. It questions the common assumption of Ottoman fanaticism and ignorance of European military norms in the treatment of captives. Pouqueville’s memoirs of captivity played a crucial role in the emergence of this view, but a…

• KAHRAMAN ŞAKUL

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• KAMİL KIVANÇ KARAMAN

Inklusion und Exklusion: Die Wehrpflicht im Osmanischen ReichDurch die Einfuhrung der allgemeinen Wehrpflicht im Osmanischen Reich sollten die Nichtmuslime, die bis dahin keinen Militardienst leist...

In this article, we discuss the pitfalls and benefits of conceptual history as an approach to Ottoman studies. While Ottoman studies is blossoming and using a wider set of tools to study the Ottoman past, Ottoman intellectual history is still resigned to a life-and-works approach. Th is absence of synthesizing attempt…

• ALP EREN TOPAL

The Eastern Question, as it was termed by the European Powers in the nineteenth century, was a debate primarily concerned with the issue of 'what to do with the Turk?'. The Ottoman Empire had become known as the 'sick man of Europe' following its gradual decline since the eighteenth century, and its demise would be hi…