Mürsel Bayram is an Associate Professor at the SSUA Institute for Area Studies. He completed his doctorate at Kırıkkale University's International Relations program. His focus covers the African continent, with a specific focus on the Horn of Africa and North Africa, as well as the role of international actors in the region.
For a variety of internal and external-related reasons, Africa has experienced more military coups than any other region of the world. From 1956 to 2001, a total of 80 successful coups and 108 failed coup attempts were staged in sub-Saharan Africa. Even though this figure decreased by half between 2001 and 2019, it is once again on the rise as several African countries have recently shifted to military rule. In
Turkey hosted the leaders of two Eastern African nations in August this year. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, paid a two-day official visit to Ankara on August 12-13, followed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali’s one-day visit on August 18. Both leaders visited Turkey at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. General al-Burhan’s visit is of importance as it signifies the
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For a variety of internal and external-related reasons, Africa has experienced more military coups than any other region of the world. From 1956 to 2001, a total of 80 successful coups and
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Turkey hosted the leaders of two Eastern African nations in August this year. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, paid a two-day official visit to Ankara on
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