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Israel and Turkey - Strategic Alliance
Zacios, Jana ; Aslan, Emil (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
Strategic alliance is a little-known alliance between Turkey and Israel. These two in the region exceptional countries are gaining a lot from what was initially military and economic cooperation, however, not as much as originally hoped. At the same time they have to face severe criticisms from their neighbors for this alliance. Therefore, the question the work seeks to answer is what the future prospects for the Strategic Alliance are and what factors could affect its future. Analysis of the circumstances and reasons for establishment and development of the alliance strives to describe all aspects which could lead to its break-down. In addition to military and business cooperation the paper deals with the issue of ethnic conflict in Turkey and in Israel, the use of water in the region and, in particular, analyzes relations with other countries in the Middle East and beyond, having impact on the alliance development.
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The Kurdish Minority in Turkey: Problems and Perspectives
Netopilová, Eliška ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
The treatment of minorities by different states gains scholarly attention in the recent years. This thesis attempts to define the necessary criteria for a state to have in order for its treatment of minorities to be acceptable by the international society. There are three major parts of the thesis. It starts with a thorough investigation of legal dimension of minority rights. The thesis formulates the criteria that a state should meet in the field of national and international law regarding minority rights. The second part investigates the political dimension of the issue. The analysis of political dimension describes the interaction of governments with minorities and the factors influencing the success of minorities in achieving their demands. In the final part of the thesis, the criteria formulated in legal and political dimensions are applied to the case of the Kurdish minority in Turkey. The position of Kurdish minority in the society is unique because of the Turkish state's assimilationist policies towards ethnic minorities till very recent years. The minority rights defined by international society were, therefore, not recognized in Turkey. However, the situation has recently changed. The current government ruled by Justice and Development Party has applied numerous democratization reforms that normalize the position of minorities. The Kurdish minority is not discriminated against as much as it was in the past. In addition to the analysis of the current state of minority rights in Turkey, the thesis proposes opportunities for improvement in the future.
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Roadblocks to Turkey's EU Membership
Berežný, Peter
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of relations between the EU and Turkey.The thesis was based on the questionnaire which was spread among the younger part of the Turkish population. As the research methods, the source research was used for theoretical part and inductive research for the questionnaire analysis. The first chapter deals with the accession process of the Turkey to the EU and its impact on the opinion of the younger part of the Turkish population. The next chapter concerns the culture-religious differences between the EU and Turkey and analyses whether these differences lie an obstacle for an accession to the EU. The last chapter narrates about the Kurdish question and its development in Turkey.
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The Kurdish problem in Turkey and its possible solution
Škrobáková, Irena ; Prorok, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
The Kurdish question is a very delicate issue on the grounds of the Turkish Republic. The Turkish government has been refusing to recognize the Kurdish minority for decades and through repressive policies and forced assimilation has been trying to marginalize any expressions of Kurdish identity. Bachelor thesis in first chapter deals with the theoretical definition of nation, nationalism and the subsequent characterization of the Kurds as the largest nation without its own state. The second chapter charts the evolution of Kurdish nationalism and the emergence of the terrorist organization PKK, which has influenced the perception of the problem significantly. The third and final part of the thesis analyzes the possible influence of the European Union on the Kurdish question and the dimension in which this problem is reflected. The paper is designed to answer the question if exists a real possibility of creating a Kurdish state in the territory of the Republic of Turkey.
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