Aims and scope

Research & Policy on Turkey  serves as the journal of Research Turkey, Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey, with the objective of responding to a growing need for evidence-based analysis on Turkey in the English language.

The journal’s mission is to showcase innovative approaches that academically contribute to the understanding of contemporary Turkey by providing a platform for the publication of quality scholarly articles and research. Research & Policy on Turkey is dedicated to theoretical, methodological and empirical pluralism in the studies of Turkey to reach a more comprehensive and multidimensional understanding of contemporary Turkey in its global context. The journal provides an intellectual forum to exchange knowledge and research for a scholarly debate on contemporary Turkey including its social, economic, political and cultural issues.

The journal is open to articles from different social science disciplines including but not limited to: political science, history, public policy, economics, sociology, international relations, gender studies, anthropology, European studies, and area studies. The journal also welcomes articles written within an interdisciplinary or a multidisciplinary perspective.