Mehmet Ugur, author at Social Europe

Why EU Should Not Upgrade The Customs Union With Turkey

Recent developments in EU-Turkey relations are revealing. The EU-Turkey high level meeting of May 2015 gave the green light for upgrading bilateral trade. Less than ... Read more

EU-Turkey ‘Agreement’ On Syrian Refugees: An Illegal And Shameful Deal

Mehmet Ugur

I used to enjoy researching European integration because the subject struck me as a rich laboratory for distilling evidence on the dark undersides of national

Turkish Elections Or Political Economy Of State-orchestrated Violence

Mehmet Ugur

The results of the snap elections in Turkey have taken everybody by surprise. This is not because observers with a critical eye have failed to

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It is time to take action and to forge a path towards a Socialist renewal. European Socialists struggle to balance their responsibilities with the need to take bold positions and actions in the face of many major crises, while far-right political parties are increasingly gaining ground. Against this background, we offer European progressive forces food for thought on projecting themselves into the future.

Among this issue’s highlights, we discuss the transformative power of European Social Democracy, examine the far right’s efforts to redesign education systems to serve its own political agenda and highlight the growing threat of anti-gender movements to LGBTIQ+ rights – among other pressing topics.