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Feminist Foreign Policy and the South Caucasus

This dossier looks at the possibility of feminist foreign policy in the context of the South Caucasus, a region coined by armed conflict, destabilizing external interference and military threat, and all but feminist governments

Democratization

Alongside our partners: Emergency aid after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Appeal for donations

On the night of 6 February 2022, two devastating earthquakes hit south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. As of now, at least 40.000 people have died, and it is feared that the number of victims will increase drastically. We have compiled a list of organisations to which you can donate in the different affected areas.

The spectacle of press freedom in Central Europe

Report

Countries such as Poland or Hungary frequently face criticism for a lack of media freedom. Their governments dispute that they oppose critical media. Yet, restrictions on media freedom come in many shapes and sizes.

By Konrad Bleyer-Simon

Democatization »

Ecology

Renewable energy in Turkey as a moment of the EU-China competition-collaboration nexus in green markets

Report

Turkey, as a major country in the EU neighbourhood, highly relevant to EU-China green relations. Renewable energy is at the centre of how the EU-China competition-collaboration nexus unfolds in Turkey, and is directly affected by the country’s macroeconomic and political dynamics.

By Ceren Ergenç, Sırma Altun and Derya Göçer

COP27: Don’t greenwash Egypt

The Egyptian military dictatorship hosting this year's COP poses a political challenge for all participants. But upon close inspection, reference points for demanding human rights emerge.

By Johannes Gunesch

Ecology »

Foreign and Security Politics

Practically and legally feasible: temporary residency plans for earthquake survivors must not founder on red tape!

Commentary

Just days after the devastating earthquake and as the first vehicles loaded with relief supplies set off from German airports in the region, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community and the Federal Foreign Office made an announcement in favour of further assistance: families with a Turkish or Syrian background would be able to take in their family members affected by the earthquake on a temporary basis.

By Kristian Brakel, Bente Scheller and Kirsten Krampe

The survivors of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria need support!

Appeal

Help knows no borders. There are many people who are willing to take in survivors of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. Medical support in the stricken areas is desperately needed. But this will require support at political level.

By Imme Scholz and Jan Philipp Albrecht

Foreign & Security Policy »

Publication

Watching the “Donors’ Conference for the People of Turkey and Syria”

Factsheet

The EU has hosted a Donors’ Conference for the victims of the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes on 20 March. Check out our new factsheet by Onur Bahçecik to learn more about the background of the high-level conference. What do international donations cover? Through which mechanisms are they distributed? And how are they monitored?

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POLITICAL PARTY REPRESENTATION OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION ATTITUDES:

Report

Özyeğin University report analyses the attitudes of political parties in Turkey on the migration issue.

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Publications »

Report

Home Care and Time Use During The Pandemic

This research report was prepared by the KONDA Research and Consultancy Inc. for the Turkey Representative of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Association. It aims to understand the domestic work, home care, working practices and time use of the Turkish population aged 18 and over during the Coronavirus Pandemic, and to examine differences before the pandemic and in different periods of the pandemic.

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