Ozgur Ozavatan

On 5 February, the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) candidate, Thomas Kemmerich, was officially appointed to the position of Thuringia’s Minister-President, relying on the votes of both the Christian Democratic…

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Merkel’s dilemma: Germany’s polarising ‘Turkish issue’ returns

August 6, 2019

To prevent such developments, mainstream parties need to shape political discourse, instead of being shaped by it. In August 2017, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alexander Gauland proposed to…

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Radical right backlash against Games of Belonging: the case of Mesut Özil

February 21, 2019

Özil, like many others, has repeatedly stated that he would prefer to play for both national football teams if international football regulations made it possible. The recent case of Mesut…

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Merkel’s dilemma: Germany’s polarising ‘Turkish issue’ returns

Radical right backlash against Games of Belonging: the case of Mesut Özil

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