Month: March 2014

By Dr. Tim Jacoby | 18 December 2010 Turkey's incumbent Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) government was elected at a pivotal moment. The catastrophic earthquake of 1999...

By Mehmet Celebi | 18 December 2010   On September 12, 22 million Turks voted a resounding "Yes" and thus endorsed a constitutional amendment package that could open wider the door...

By Dr. H. Akin Unver | 10 December 2010 Turkey's September 12, 2010 Constitutional Amendment referendum was perhaps one of the most socially polarizing episodes in its modern history. A slightly...

By George Friedman | 23 November 2010   Editor's note: This is the fifth installment in a series of special reports that Dr. Friedman will write over the next few weeks...

By Dr. Basak Alpan | 12 October 2010 Although Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan made it clear that the new constitution will only be drafted after the parliamentary elections of June 2011,...

By Muharrem EKSI | 11 October 2010 Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s four-day visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan reawoke debates dealing with Turkey’s increasing role in Afghanistan once again. Intensifying mutual visits...

By HE Mr. Yiğit Alpogan | 26 September 2010 Although the topic mentions about the security aspects of Turkey and Turkey's relations with the outside world, the main emphasis is going...

By Prof. Bülent Gökay | 16 September 2010 Since 33 members of Turkish 'Deep State' (Contra-Guerrilla), also known as Ergenekon, were seized in a police raid in late January 2008, the...

By Dr. Soner Cagaptay | 24 August 2010 Turkey has nearly a year to go before it holds elections, but one outcome seems certain: the country's next prime minister will wear a...

By Soner Cagaptay, Jaclyn Blumenfeld, and Burc Ozcelik | 01 August 2010 How and why do conspiracy theories spread in Turkey? Recent developments are a case in point, demonstrating the role of...

By Michael Rubin | 28 July 2010 House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman, Ranking Member Ros-Lehtinen, Honorable Members. Thank you for this opportunity to testify. Prime Minister Erdoğan, and the Justice and...

By Ian Lesser | 28 July 2010 House Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to share my views on Turkey's evolving foreign policy...

 Statement for the Record By The Honourable Ross Wilson | 28 July 2010   House Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for the honor of being invited to...

By Soner Cagaptay | 28 July 2010 House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on "Turkey's New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations"   Thank you, Mr. Chairman...

By Howard L. Berman | 28 July 2010 The purpose of this hearing is to gain insight into the changes in the foreign-policy direction of our long-time ally Turkey. Now the sixteenth-largest...