Etnik çatışmanın oluşumunda devlet ve siyasal elitin rolü: Euro-Maidan ve Sovyet sonrası Ukrayna’da iç savaş
Journal: OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University)
Year: 2017

This thesis examines the role of the Ukrainian political elite and the state in the resurrection of ethno-political conflicts in post-Soviet Ukraine. It firstly investigates how Ukrainian political elite’s management of existing ethno-political attitudes on the state level has caused the evolution of Ukrainian crisis from so called peaceful protests to a seemingly ethnic conflict. Secondly, it answers the question how newly emerging ruling class during the post-Soviet transition period has affec