FAU EZIRE in the Media

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23APR 2018
FAU EZIRE in the Media
Early Elections in Turkey – Comments by Hüseyin Çiçek
For the newspaper Vorarlberger Nachrichten, Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research assistant at EZIRE, analyzes the announcement of the Turkish president Erdogan to antedate the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey by one and a half years. The new election date is set for June 2018. For Erdogan, this change of dates was favorable, […]
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03APR 2018
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Hüseyin Çiçek comments on Turkey and the Geopolitics of the West
In the Austrian newspaper Der Standard, Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research assistant at EZIRE, comments on the geopolitical interrelations between Turkey and the West. The relationship between Ankara and Washington had lately been problematic, Çiçek writes. Even though Turkish president Erdogan increasingly converted Turkey into an autocratic state und thereby acted contrary to the […]In the Austrian newspaper Der Standard, Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research assistant at EZIRE, comments on the geopolitical interrelations between Turkey and the West. The relationship between Ankara and Washington had lately been problematic, Çiçek writes. Even though Turkish president Erdogan increasingly converted Turkey into an autocratic state und thereby acted contrary to the […]
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10JAN 2018
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Mathias Rohe debates: Religions as Fire Accelerants?
Just how peaceful is religion? In a debate with the German newspaper Nürnberger Nachrichten, Mathias Rohe, director of EZIRE, debates the violent potential of Islam and Christendom together with Tarek Badawia, professor for Islamic-Religious Studies and Islamic education at FAU, and Stefan Ark Nitsche, regional bishop of Nuremberg. Taking the most recent turning point in […]
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11OCT 2017
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Power and Resources – Hüseyin Çiçek comments on the Kurdish Referendum in Iraq
Since the beginning of the Arab spring, it has become apparent that borders in the Middle East are redrawn. The struggle for power and resources has also framed the Iraqi-Kurdish referendum for independence. In the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Hüseyin Çiçek comments on the backgrounds of the election. For Çiçek, political scientist and scientific researcher at EZIRE, the […]
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04OCT 2017
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Reconciliation of Fatah and Hamas – Assessments by Mahmoud Jaraba
Will the two conflicting Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah manage to achieve a lasting reconciliation and to establish a united Palestinian leadership? The Carnegie Middle East Center has asked a variety of scholars to assess the chances for reconciliation. Among them is Mahmoud Jaraba, political scientist and scientific researcher at EZIRE. Regarding the latest attempts […]
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26SEP 2017
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“Focus on the People”: Mathias Rohe on Applying Islamic Legal Frameworks in Europe
Based on the so-called “Rome-III-Regulation”, the Danish advocate general at the European Court of Justice has spoken out against the recognition of private divorces based on Islamic law within the EU. He argues that women were not granted the same access to divorce as men. The final judgement of the Court is still missing, however, […]
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