Bangladeshi communities experience poor health outcomes and have higher risk factors for vascular dementia. This article explores the perceptions of people living with dementia, as well as the perceptions of their family members and caregivers, and gathers their views on current dementia support services in order to make recommendations to improve the provision of dementia support services in a UK Bangladeshi community. A total of 25 semi-structured face-to-face and virtual interviews were conducted with individuals with dementia, their family caregivers and dementia service providers from a UK Bangladeshi community. The interviews were recorded digitally and transcribed verbatim. NVivo was used for thematic analysis. Family members and caregivers of people living with dementia demonstrated a strong sense of obligation and interpersonal motives for providing care at home. Despite their dedication, care partners struggled to provide adequate care due to work commitments and a lack of dementia knowledge. Cultural and language barriers were identified when accessing health and social care services. This article provides a further look into a UK-based Bangladeshi community’s experience with people living with dementia. Their views can contribute to a better understanding of the perceived challenges that the Bangladeshi community faces in accessing dementia health and social care services and support, thereby enabling better decision making by service providers and policy makers. These findings will also inform the development, delivery and adoption of dementia policy support, as well as the integration of diversity into dementia policy to shape future approaches to care provision.

This editorial article examines the centrality of narratives and values in shaping human understanding, social realities, and political life. Humans naturally think and communicate through stories, which structure events into coherent sequences, assign meaning, and influence collective memory, identity, and power relations. Narratives function as both cognitive and discursive tools, enabling shared understanding while redistributing interpretive authority between storytellers and audiences. They do more than represent reality: they actively shape opinions, social organization, and political dynamics. Values are inseparable from narratives, as stories translate abstract ideals into tangible political action. Both narratives and values are inherently unstable, socially constructed, and politically contested, with their meaning continually negotiated and mobilized by competing actors. By foregrounding the constitutive and transformative power of narratives and the contested nature of values, this article underscores their significance for interpreting political phenomena and analyzing the dynamics of international relations.

This article suggests an alternative approach to understanding political socialisation in Türkiye, focusing on cultural conflicts and the values they create instead of using the main ideas and theories of political science. According to this perspective, beginning from the Cold War period, Turkish politics has been stagnant, with political actors from the most dynamic period of Turkish modernisation being reconstructed and imbued with new meanings. Figures like Atatürk, Sultan Abdulhamid II and, in contemporary times, the leaders of the Unionists are widely used in the conflicts between different ideologies. Rival political parties that adopt these different ideologies prefer to mobilise voters to their side by bringing these historical figures into confrontation rather than politically addressing current challenges.

‘Anti-gender’ has become a rallying cry for many populist radical-right parties and movements across Europe and the world. Georgia’s ruling party, ‘Georgian Dream’, is no exception to this. However, ‘Georgian Dream’ has gone further by undermining the country’s European Union (EU) accession with anti-gender conspiracy theories. This article does not ask whether this is a reasonable or legitimate strategy. Instead, it puts the focus on the asymmetry between internal EU decision making and the expectations expressed vis-à-vis EU accession candidates. It finds that misgivings experienced by some EU member states in the Council of the EU are now directly feeding into the rhetoric of EU-hostile third-country governments.

This article examines the relations between the European Union (EU) and Türkiye between 2016 and 2024. It argues that while the EU positions itself as a normative power, advocating for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, its engagement with Türkiye reflects a dual approach, balancing geopolitical necessities with normative concerns. This study aims to answer the following question: to what extent does the EU’s communication with Türkiye since 2016 reflect a normative commitment to democracy and human rights, and to what extent is it shaped by strategic priorities, such as security, migration, and economic cooperation? This article systematically analyzes whether the EU’s engagement with Türkiye aligns with the normative power Europe framework or shows a more realist, interest-driven approach by conducting a qualitative content analysis of European Commission statements and speeches. By analyzing the EU’s official discourse, this article aims to contribute to the broader literature on the normative–strategic divide in EU foreign policy. Understanding the balance between norms and interests is important not only for EU–Türkiye relations but also for broader discussion on the EU’s global role as a normative actor and its commitments. This article aims to provide empirical evidence on how the EU navigates the tension between its values and ideals and its strategic concerns in its external relations. Additionally, the findings of this study will shed light on ongoing EU–Türkiye relations by understanding the evolving nature of the EU’s foreign policy priorities.