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Associated EZIRE-member and political scientist Hüseyin Çiçek talked on November 28 with the news platform Ahval about the Turkish influence in Germany. As the central institution through which the Turkish government was exercising influence in Germany, he names DITIB, the Turkish-Islamic Union R...

In the Vorarlberger Nachrichten on November 12 Hüseyin Çiçek, associated EZIRE-member and political scientist, spoke about the expulsion of foreign IS-fighters from Turkey. He views the actions of the Turkish government as a reaction to the European critique on the military operation in Syrian an...

The political scientist Hüseyin Çiçek, associated EZIRE member, commented in articles in The Arab Weekly on October 26 and in the Austrian newspaper Die Presse on October 23 on the Russian-Turkish agreement in Sochi. He concludes: „The big winner is Russia“. The agreement between the Russian pres...

In an interview with the Erlanger Nachrichten on April 8, 2019, EZIRE director Mathias Rohe discusses the actions of family clans in Berlin. He talks about the structure of clans, the question of the state´s loss of control in some areas, the state's handling with clans and the role of women in clan...

“With or without Asad? – The Turkish-Russian alliance is built on shaky ground” - a guest commentary by political scientist and EZIRE research assistant Hüseyin Çiçek in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung about the geopolitical interests of the Syrian Conflict and what the retreat of the US troops could chang...

The series aims to bring more attention to different aspects of the Turkish community in the Austrian federal state. Many things were unknown and little differentiation had been practiced when reporting about the Turkish diaspora living in Austria. A defecit, which the VN and the EZIRE research associate wanted to catch up on.

Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research associate at the EZIRE, comments  on the election victory of the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Vorarlberger Nachrichten. Similar to the referendum on the introduction of the presidential system, the head of state did not achi...

In an article by Deutsche Welle, Mathias Rohe, Islamic scholar, lawyer and director of the EZIRE, explains that he sees a possible violation of the Human Rights Convention in the implementation of Austria's Islamic Law. As a step against "political Islam", the Austrian Government closes seven mos...

For the newspaper Vorarlberger Nachrichten, Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, political scientist and research assistant at EZIRE, analyzes the announcement of the Turkish president Erdogan to antedate the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey by one and a half years. The new election date is set for ...