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Despite there being much speculation on how the events during the July 15, 2016 military uprising and the resultant mass purges and military reforms disrupted the operational effectiveness of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), no analytical piece assessing the TAF’s effectiveness and relying on field-related facts and insights derived from primary sources has appeared

Since the September 11 attacks, counter-terrorism (CT) has gained prominence and become a central issue throughout the world. Given the growing transnational character of terrorism, counter-measures also entailed a collective nature. At this point, the role of global and regional organizations to bring the efforts of the individual countries into a meaningful action become much more important.

In the multipolar security system of the Middle East, the global forces are increasingly acting on their own, and regional actors are emerging as game changers/spoilers.

The Armenian Question and Suggestions in its 100th Anniversary

The developments occurred in the recent decade at the global level in comparison with previous periods have left an impression, worth of century, behind. While the change and transformation have been happening, developments in the next decade will be determinant for 21st century. So, what we will do in the next decade will define where we will be in the rest of century.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a critical milestone for production, consumption, growth and the change of conventional power standards, including security and defense. Scenarios and preparations have been the top priority for the reinterpretation of the national and international immune system and for strategic transformation. In this context, “Security Institutions of the Future and Strategic Transformation” has become the locomotive priority for every country.

“Usage of Computer Vision Methods in Education” titled Artificial Intelligence in Education Workshop - 6 was held by the Education, Industry and Technology Institute (ESTEN) on June 19, 2019 at Sarıyer Academy, the educational institution of Sarıyer Municipality in İstanbul.

“Artificial Intelligence in Distance Education” titled Artificial Intelligence in Education Workshop - 5 was held by the Education, Industry and Technology Institute (ESTEN) on April 25, 2019 at KWORKS - Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center in İstanbul.

Certain issues such as how can Turkey rapidly solve his economic problems and develop new approaches that will prevent it from wasting decades; how it will make its inspiring social ethics revolution; and its possible contributions to the global economy in a transformation process; as well as the ways and means of reaching

The world has witnessed unprecedented polarisation and disintegration acts driven by the most recent wave of globalization emerged in the 1980s. This is most noticeable, in the "core countries" or the “center of capitalism“

Istanbul Security Conference, which took place for the first time in Turkey in 2015, was held by TASAM’s National Defence and Security Institute on 05-06 November 2020, under the main theme “Security Institutions of the Future and Strategic Transformation After Covid-19; Army, Police, Gendarmerie, Intelligence, Diplomacy and Socio-economy“, and as a hybrid format event, due to the recent rise in the pandemic emergency, following the concerns raised by public authorities.

First of all, I sincerely welcome all our participants. I wish that the 6th Istanbul Security Conference and its sub-events, which we had to do online in 5 separate halls due to the pandemic this year, will produce strategic and historical results for our countries and the world.

Dear Her Royal Highness Princess, Dear Minister, Dear Governors, Dear Ambassadors and all precious delegations be honoured from important defence institutions