Turkey

the CJEU rules on Turkey as a “safe third country” – Go Health Pro

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the CJEU rules on Turkey as a “safe third country” – Go Health Pro

Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Mstyslav Chernov, via Wikimedia Commons Hamster idiom credit: Adam Sharp (Thanks to Zoe Gardner for discussion of the case; the following analysis is my own)   Introduction Remember the ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015-16? One part of the EU’s response to it was to negotiate a … Read more

Why does Turkey want to join BRICS – and what will the trade-offs be? – Go Health Pro

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Why does Turkey want to join BRICS – and what will the trade-offs be? – Go Health Pro

Reports suggest Turkey is in the process of applying for membership of the BRICS group. Mustafa Kutlay writes that while joining the group would reflect Turkey’s “multi-alignment” strategy, it would complicate the country’s relationship with the West. There is never a dull moment in Turkish politics. On 2 September, Bloomberg reported Turkey had formally applied … Read more

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