Nihat Muğurtay

Sabancı University · Viral Lab

The European Union's (EU) portfolio of external activities has expanded considerably to include a variety of policy areas. The linkage and use of these policy areas-collectively known as 'external action plus policies'-can contribute to the EU's effectiveness as a global actor by equipping it with an array of tools necessary to address the challeng...

In the context of Turkiye’s most recent parliamentary and presidential elections (“seçim” in Turkish), social media has played an important role in shaping public debate. It is of utmost importance to capture social media trends during the 2023 Turkish elections, since it uncovers a great deal of information of election propaganda, political debate...

Why do Social Media Corporations (SMCs) engage in state-linked information operations? Social media can significantly influence the global political landscape, allowing governments and other political entities to engage in concerted information operations, shaping or manipulating domestic and foreign political agendas. In response to state-linked p...

In the context of Turkey's upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections ("se\c{c}im" in Turkish), social media is playing an important role in shaping public debate. The increasing engagement of citizens on social media platforms has led to the growing use of social media by political actors. It is of utmost importance to capture the upcoming...

Turkey's post-Arab Spring regional rivalry with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) influences the allocation of its Official Development Assistance (ODA). Our paper provides a comprehensive comparison of Turkish and UAE’s ODA on global and regional levels. To understand the effects of power struggle on Turkish ODA, we employ a time-series cross-section...

The rise of non-traditional (non-DAC) donors is one of the most significant debates concerning the international development agenda. In my research, I examine why non-traditional donors provide foreign aid. Based on their economic and political interests, this dissertation investigates how power relations influence China, Turkey, and the United Ara...

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the foreign aid behavior of new donors on humanitarian cooperation? The non–OECD-DAC donors, such as Qatar, try to adapt to the new environment of development and humanitarian aid under COVID-19 pandemic. Qatar has successfully used public diplomacy to deal with regional geopolitical challenges. In this sense,...

For Hayek, the rule of law and principles of social justice strictly exclude each other. According to laissez-faire philosophers the concept of the rule of law excludes all substantive equality, positive liberty, affirmative action, sanctions for discrimination; namely all the aims of social justice are excluded from the concept of ‘justice’. Irrec...