Lucie Tungul is Assistant Professor at the Department of Politics and Social Sciences, Law Faculty, Palacký University. She holds degrees from Miami University, Ohio (international relations), and Palacký University (politics and European studies). She was a faculty member at Fatih University, Istanbul (2006– 2014). She is a member of the Czech Political Science Association executive board and Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Academic Council. She has published numerous articles, book chapters, books and policy papers on Europeanisation, democratisation, Euroscepticism, migration processes and identity discourses.
This book examines the challenges of democratisation and liberalisation in Turkey and Ukraine. Offering a comparative perspective, it is a valuable read for anyone who wants to better comprehend their national trajectories without treating them as idiosyncratic cases. - Doğan Gürpınar, Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) A timely and insightful account of the external influences shaping Turkey's politics and foreign policy. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has highlighted Turkey's role as a regional power but also a battleground between Moscow and the West. This volume shedding light of the complex dynamics at play is a must for students of European and Eurasian geopolitics. - Dimitar Bechev, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe