This article uses the Turkish case of modernity to critically examine different understandings of modernization put forward by competing schools of thought, namely the 'classical modernization theory', the 'neo-modernization ...

Taking a stand for E. Betti in the debate he had with H.G. Gadamer, Fazlur Rahman defends the possibility of knowing with certainty the objective meaning of the Quran, which differs from the literal sense. For the ...

This article deals with Habsburg efforts to eliminate the ottoman naval threat by employing clandestine measures and undertaking covert operations. Realizing the danger that the ottoman fleet and corsairs created for their ...

The last global economic crisis has prompted new dynamics in the scope of economic integration: On the one hand, the Transatlantic economy witnessed the formation of the largest economic integration in the human history: ...

II. Murad’ın eşi sırp prensesi mara brankovi hakkında araştırma yapılmıştır.

The foreign policy of Turkey under the AKP administration has been argued to have diverged from the conventional West-oriented direction of the country, followed with few exceptions since the end of World War II. This ...

This volume examines contemporary political relations between Turkey and the Middle East. In the light of the Arab Uprisings of 2011, the Syria Crisis, the escalation of regional terrorism and the military coup attempt in ...

The main objective of this chapter is to assess the fiscal sustainability performance of the G-7 countries before, during, and after the global financial crisis. We examine the movement of various socio-economic and fiscal ...

After the Great Recession of 2008–2009, advanced economies of the West predominantly went by the Keynesian expansionary policies. Nowadays, though, the monetary policies are diverging. Central banks are diverging on their ...

Emerging economies have experienced a slower economic growth period in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. In this chapter we examine the important external and internal conditions that were effective in causing ...