Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

1999 - 2025

Current editor(s): Professor Vassilis Fouskas

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Volume 27, issue 3, 2025

The Chabahar Transit Project: Transition from Geo-Politics to Geo-Economics pp. 283-308

Shabnam Dadparvar and Vali Kaleji

Which Legitimization for de facto States? The Case of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq pp. 309-332

Mehmet Alkış and Ayşegül Sever

In the Service of the Eastern Bloc: Czechoslovak Intelligence and the Cyprus Conflict 1974–1989 pp. 333-353

Jan Koura

Political Rituals and Ideological Competition: The Emergence of an “Islamic” May Day in Turkey pp. 354-370

Nikos Moudouros

In Ottoman – British Commercial Relations Efforts to Increase Cotton Production in Smyrna and Its Surroundings (1855–1870) pp. 371-391

Cihan Özgün and İbrahim Hamaloğlu

EU Macro-Regional Strategy in the Adriatic and Ionian Region: A Territorial Perspective on the EU Enlargement Policy pp. 392-411

Raffaella Coletti and Luisa Chiodi

Unravelling the Social Formation: Free Trade, the State and Business Associations in Turkey pp. 412-414

Gorkem Altinors

The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier pp. 414-416

İlkay Yilmaz

Review of: “Turkish–Greek Relations: Foreign Policy in a Securitisation Framework” pp. 416-418

Başar Baysal

Volume 27, issue 2, 2025

Anatolian Tigers: A Miracle or a Myth? A Regional Political Economic Analysis pp. 129-148

Ömer Tuğsal Doruk

Transformation of Identity among Slavic Muslim Pomaks in Bulgaria and Georgian Muslim Ajarians in Georgia: A Comparative Analysis pp. 149-171

Alter Kahraman and Ayşegül Aydıngün

Hegemony, Europeanization, and Migration Diplomacy: Case of the EU-Turkey Statement and Action Plan pp. 172-187

Sefa Mertek

The Late 19th Century Liberal Islamist Young Turk Movement in Egypt pp. 188-205

Servet Tiken and Özlem Sürücü

China-Central and Eastern Europe Cooperation in a Divided World: Narratives and Scenarios pp. 206-222

Antonina Habova

The Role of Republican and AKP Elites in the Construction and Reconstruction of Turkiye’s Foreign Policy Identity: A Critical Narrative Analysis pp. 223-241

Emine Akcadag Alagoz

The De-Europeanization of the Kurdish Question in Turkey and the EU pp. 242-261

Hüseyin Kalaycı

Beijing Winter Olympics and China’s Middle East Diplomacy in the Xi Era pp. 262-281

Song Niu

Volume 27, issue 1, 2025

Introduction: The Burden of History, Image, Geopolitics and Misperception in the Aegean pp. 1-12

Mustafa Aydin and Kostas Ifantis

A Historical Materialist Reading of the Contested Relations between Greece and Turkey pp. 13-35

Mustafa Türkeş, Elif Uzgören and Coşkun Soysal

Identity, Cultural Heritage and the Politics of Sovereignty: Narrating Turkey and Greece Through Ayasofya pp. 36-55

Fulya Hisarlıoğlu, Chara Karagiannopoulou and Lerna K. Yanık

National Role Conceptions of Greek and Turkish Foreign Policies: A Bilateral Assessment pp. 56-72

Andreas Kotelis and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou

The Failed Vision of a Greek–Turkish Security Community? pp. 73-90

George Koukoudakis

Ontological Insecurity and the Return of the Greek-Turkish Conflicts: Reconfiguring Hagia Sophia as an Ontic Space pp. 91-109

Bahar Rumelili and Nasuh Sofuoglu

Enduring Crises and Possibilities for Cooperation in Turkish-Greek Relations: A Feminist Account pp. 110-127

Özlem Tür and Çiğdem Aydın Koyuncu

Volume 26, issue 6, 2024

Introduction Turkey 1923-2023 100 Years of the Republic: Foundations and Transformations pp. 793-796

Y. Doğan Çetinkaya

A “National Congress” for Economic Sovereignty: The Context and Objective of the Economic Congress of Turkey (1923) pp. 797-814

Y. Doğan Çetinkaya

The Turkish Bourgeoisie at the Foundation of the Republic of Turkey: The Case of the Ship Owners pp. 815-831

Neslişah L. Basaran Lotz

Sources of Anti-Secularism in Modern Turkey: A Social History Approach pp. 832-850

Murat Metinsoy

Stop, in the Name of Law!: The Restructuring of Police Force in the Early Republican Turkey pp. 851-870

Güven Gürkan Öztan

Changing Definitions of Turkish Peasantry in a Century-Long History: A Conceptual Framework pp. 871-888

Sinan Yildirmaz

From ‘Civil Marriage’ to ‘Imam Marriage’, the Happy Marriage of Capitalism and Patriarchy: Women’s Employment in Turkey pp. 889-904

Demet Özmen Yilmaz

The Decline of the Labour Movement in Turkey during the Neoliberal Globalization and the Hope for Revitalization pp. 905-919

Mustafa Görkem Doğan

The Decline of Turkey as a Subimperialist Power: Political Economy of the Turkish Foreign Policy under AKP Rule pp. 920-935

Ertan Erol

Remaking “Small Business” in Turkey: Critical Assessment of Small Business Politics Under the AKP Rule pp. 936-950

Müge Neda Altınoklu

The Century of the Crises, the Century of the Accumulation: Two Sides of the Same Coin pp. 951-971

Koray R. Yılmaz

Revisiting the Rise and Decline of Authoritarian Neoliberalism: A Political Economy Analysis of Akp’s Initial Decade pp. 972-987

Ümit Akçay

Volume 26, issue 5, 2024

Introduction to the Special Issue “Turkey, Asia, and the EU in a Changing Global Order” pp. 593-596

Qingan Huang, Defne Gönenç, Ceren Ergenç and Sinan Ünlüsoy

Linkage Theory and Autocratic Regime-Survival Strategies in a Post-Liberal Order: The Case of Authoritarian Middle Power Turkey (2013–2022) pp. 597-620

Aylin Güney and Emre İşeri

Turkey in the Global Political Economy: Technological and Economic Integration pp. 621-640

Leila Simona Talani

Italy, Turkey and China in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for the EU pp. 641-658

Carola Cerami

Nation Building Processes and Bilateral Relations Between China and Türkiye: Comparison of 20th and 21st Centuries pp. 659-680

Jiuzhou Duan and Hasan Aydın

Turkey: Swinging Pendulum Away from the European Union, 2005-2022 pp. 681-697

Bülent Gökay

Turkey’s Balancing Act between East and West: A Russian Perspective pp. 698-715

Pavel Shlykov

Turkey’s ‘Return’ to Central Asia in a Shifting Global and Regional Context: New Opportunities and Limitations pp. 716-731

Meliha Benli Altunışık

China and Türkiye’s Strategic Cooperation in the 21st Century: A ‘Complex Role’ Prism pp. 732-749

Jinan Wang and Degang Sun

Multiscalar Industrial Strategies and Variegated Foreign Investment in China pp. 750-767

Ceren Ergenc and Chaofan Yu

Turkey’s Political Parties’ Asia Policies: Visions, Contacts, Issues pp. 768-792

Ecem Evrensel, Defne Gönenç and Sinan Ünlüsoy

Volume 26, issue 4, 2024

Neo-Liberalism, Depopulation and Economic Stagnation in the Balkans pp. 411-431

Jadranka Petrović and Jovo Ateljević

The Impact of the Minsk Agreements on Ukrainian Sovereignty pp. 432-451

Themistoklis Tzimas

Processes of Cohesion and Fragmentation among Arab Tribes During the Syrian Civil War pp. 452-466

Haian Dukhan

Analysis of Developmental and Other Aspects of Investments in Research and Development of a Group of Countries in the Southeast Europe pp. 467-485

Jasmin Komić

Early Cold War Counterinsurgency: The Romanian Campaign in Comparative Perspective (1944-1962) pp. 486-503

Andrei Miroiu

The Confrontation About Enosis (Union) Between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in the Legislative Council of Cyprus (1902-1931) pp. 504-523

Spyros Sakellaropoulos

Conversion of War Captives in the Ottoman Lands During the Eighteenth Century: Rules, Applications and Abuses pp. 524-541

Fatma Sel Turhan

Romanian Grain for Entrepôts in the Netherlands (1883–1914): Productive Structures, Transport Infrastructure and Market Integration pp. 542-564

Cristian Constantin

The Strategic Use of Narratives and Governance of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Major Autocratisers in Europe pp. 565-583

Digdem Soyaltin-Colella and Deniz Sert

Religious Reform in the Late Ottoman Empire: Institutional Change and the Professionalization of the Ulema pp. 584-586

Ayda Bektaş

The Evolution of the Political, Social and Economic Life of Cyprus, 1191–1950 pp. 586-587

Ilia Xypolia

Turkey in Africa: Turkey’s Strategic Involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 588-590

Samuele Carlo Ayrton Abrami

Social Security in the Balkans—Volume 1. An Overview of Social Policy in Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria pp. 590-592

Marina Angelaki

Volume 26, issue 3, 2024

Introduction Turkey and Africa: Motivations, Challenges and Future Prospects pp. 289-294

Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Francois Vreÿ and Bahar Baser

Turkey-Africa Relations and Turkey’s National Role Conception as the Centre Country: Continuity or a Break with the Past? pp. 295-310

Brendon J. Cannon and Federico Donelli

Beyond the Soft–Hard Power Binary: Resource Control in Turkey’s Foreign Policy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 311-326

Jens Heibach and Hakkı Taş

Turkish Humanitarian Assistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focus on Africa pp. 327-345

Yunus Turhan

Exploring the Maritime Nexus in Turkey’s African Agenda pp. 346-359

Francois Vreÿ and Mark Blaine

(Exploring) the Impact of Turkey’s Embassies on Trade with sub-Saharan Africa pp. 360-377

Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu and Can Karabıyık

No Strings Attached: Understanding Turkey’s Arms Exports to Africa pp. 378-395

Çağlar Kurç

Summitry Diplomacy in Turkey–Africa Relations: Statements, (Non-)Accomplishments and Effectiveness pp. 396-410

Mehmet Özkan and Serhat Orakçı

Volume 26, issue 2, 2024

The Role of Non-State Actors in Modern Warfare: The Case of Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh pp. 149-163

Margarit Petrosyan

The Fate of Armenian and Greek Properties in the Post-First World War Period pp. 164-182

Ümit Kurt

Mid-Nineteenth-Century Gemlik and Its Environs: A Survey of a West Anatolian Region and Its Long-Term Economic and Demographic Development pp. 183-202

Akın Sefer, Efe Erünal and M. Erdem Kabadayı

The Persian Gulf-Black Sea International Transport and Transit Corridor: Goals and Constraints pp. 203-225

Shabnam Dadparvar and Vali Kaleji

Jazz as Soft Power in Turkey–US Relations During the Early Cold War Period pp. 226-245

Elif Çağlı Kaynak

Ford’s Scholarships in Yugoslavia During the Cold War: Exposure to Western Ideology and Culture pp. 246-276

Hrustan Šišić

The Far-Right Redox Reaction: The Transformation of Populist Radical Right Parties from Marginal ‘Groupuscules’ into Considerable Political Forces pp. 277-288

Petros Papasarantopoulos

Volume 26, issue 1, 2024

Ukraine, Europe, and the re-routing of Globalization pp. 1-22

Alan Cafruny and Vassilis K. Fouskas

Autonomy and Control in the Gig Economy and Platform Work: Domestic and Home Repair Workers in Turkey pp. 23-40

Kadir Uysal and Cemil Boyraz

Multinationals in the Grain Trade: The Louis Dreyfus Company at the Lower Danube, 1889–1948 pp. 41-62

Cristian Constantin

From East to East: Reconceptualization of NATO’s Eastern Flank Engagement in the Middle East pp. 63-80

Monika Gabriela Bartoszewicz and Kristýna Pavlíčková

Betting on Dark Literary Tourism: Exploratory Research on Sulina Town (Romania) pp. 81-102

Viorel Mionel, Oana Mionel and Gabriela Țigu

Intra-Party Struggles and the Making of the Cypriot Left pp. 103-124

Yiannos Katsourides

Political and Legal Problems of the Soviet–Yugoslav Military Co-Operation During the World War II: The Case of the 1st Yugoslav Rifle Brigade pp. 125-142

Fedor Sinitsyn

Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria pp. 143-146

Emre İşeri

International Intervention and the Problems of Legitimacy: Encounters in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina pp. 146-148

Ambreen Yousuf