İlter Turan, GMF Policy Brief, 30 July 2010
30 July 2010
29 July 2010
Vacation
Just to let you know, Moniturk will not be updated from 29 July until 16 August. In the meantime you can check the Sources page for links to institutions who regularly publish articles and analyses on Turkey.
Enjoy the end of the summer!
Enjoy the end of the summer!
28 July 2010
Statement before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Michael Rubin, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Soner Çağaptay, Ross Wilson and Ian Lesser
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Michael Rubin, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Soner Çağaptay, Ross Wilson and Ian Lesser
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Statement before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Ian Lesser, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Soner Çağaptay, Ross Wilson and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Lesser is a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Ian Lesser, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Soner Çağaptay, Ross Wilson and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Lesser is a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Statement before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Ross Wilson, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Soner Çağaptay, Ian Lesser and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Wilson is a former US ambassador to Azerbaijan (2000-2003) and Turkey (2005-2008).
Ross Wilson, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Soner Çağaptay, Ian Lesser and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Wilson is a former US ambassador to Azerbaijan (2000-2003) and Turkey (2005-2008).
Statement before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Soner Çağaptay, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Ross Wilson, Ian Lesser and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Çağaptay is the director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Soner Çağaptay, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Howard Berman, Ross Wilson, Ian Lesser and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Çağaptay is the director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Opening Statement before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Howard Berman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Soner Çağaptay, Ross Wilson, Ian Lesser and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Berman is a representative from California and the chairman of the committee.
Howard Berman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2010
See also: Statements of Soner Çağaptay, Ross Wilson, Ian Lesser and Michael Rubin
Presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, during its full session hearing on "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations," held on 28 July 2010.
Berman is a representative from California and the chairman of the committee.
27 July 2010
The Dervish House
View book on AmazonIan Mcdonald, Pyr Publishing, 27 July 2010
From Zero Problems with our Bordering Neighbors to an Ethnic Conflict with our Neighborhood Neighbors [Turkish only]
Read onlineSinan Oğan, TÜRKSAM, 27 July 2010
Original title: Sınır Komşularımızla Sıfır Sorundan, Mahalle Komşularımızla Etnik Soruna
Notes from David Cameron's Visit to Turkey: True Support or Search for a Trading Partner? [Turkish only]
Read onlineSibel Kalemdaroğlu, TÜRKSAM, 27 July 2010
Original title: David Cameron’ın Türkiye Ziyaretinden Notlar: Gerçek Bir Destek mi Ticari Ortak Arayışı mı?
25 July 2010
Brazil FM's Visit to Turkey and Developments Concerning the Swap Agreement [Turkish only]
Read onlineSerdar Erdurmaz, TÜRKSAM, 25 July 2010
Original title: Brezilya Dışişleri Bakanı’nın Türkiye Ziyareti ve Takas Anlaşması Konusunda Gelişmeler
22 July 2010
One stone, many birds
Read onlineFatih Özatay, TEPAV Commentary, 22 July 2010
Özatay discusses the inflation of the lira and various policy options and goals, based on the argument that the Central Bank can only target one monetary policy goal (inflation) because it has only one tool (the short term interest rate).
21 July 2010
Privileged Partnership Could Be Brought to the Table! [Turkish only]
Read onlineÇağrı Erhan, USAK Makale, 21 July 2010
Original title: İmtiyazlı Ortaklık Masaya Gelebilir!
An Analysis of One of the EU's Most Influential Names and Her Visit to Turkey [Turkish only]
Read onlineMustafa Kutlay, USAK Makale, 21 July 2010
Original title: AB’nin ‘En Yetkili İsimlerinin’ Türkiye Ziyaretinin Analizi
Catherine Ashton is the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the EU, as well as the First Vice President of the European Commission.
Who Poisoned the Tomatoes of Anatolia and the KKTC? [Turkish only]
Read onlineMehmet Hasgüler, USAK Makale, 21 July 2010
Original title: Antalya’nın ve KKTC’nin Domateslerini Kim Zehirledi?
The Astana Fiasco within the Karabakh Problem: Azerbaijan Must Plot its Own Course! [Turkish only]
Read onlineReha Yılmaz, USAK Makale, 21 July 2010
Original title: Karabağ Probleminde Astana Fiyaskosu: Azerbaycan Kendi Yolunu Çizmelidir!
UK Courting Turkey to Bring Success to New Foreign Policy
Read onlineMahir Zeynalov, USAK Makale, 21 July 2010
See also: Remarks of Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoğlu and British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London
Iraq's Future is Turkey's Future [Turkish only]
Read onlineBehçet Kemal Yeşilbursa, ORSAM Analyiz, 21 July 2010
Original title: Irak’ın Geleceği Türkiye’nin Geleceğidir
20 July 2010
Armenia "may agree to some kind of peace" in 2011
Read onlineLeyla Tagiyeva (News.az), TÜRKSAM, 20 July 2010
An interview with Sinan Oğan, president of TÜRKSAM.
19 July 2010
16 July 2010
If There Is Will, Obstacles Can Be Overcome: Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy Chapter Has Been Opened Against All The Odds
14 July 2010
13 July 2010
Constitutional Court’s Partial Endorsement of Reform Package Divides Turkish Politics
Saban Kardas, Eurasia Daily Monitor 7, no. 134, Jamestown Foundation, 13 July 2010
Kardas characterizes the upcoming referendum on the constitutional reform package as a "mini-election" preceding and presaging the 2011 parliamentary elections. CHP and MHP are both opposing the reform package, while BDP is boycotting the referendum.
Turkey's Cooling Ties with U.S., Israel
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Bernard Gwertzman, Council on Foreign Relations, 13 July 2010
An interview with Steven Cook.
Bernard Gwertzman, Council on Foreign Relations, 13 July 2010
An interview with Steven Cook.
12 July 2010
Israel's 'Blue Marmara Oppression' from the EU Perspective [Turkish only]
Read onlineMustafa Kutlay, USAK Makale, 12 July 2010
Original title: AB Perspektifinden İsrail’in ‘Mavi Marmara Baskını’
PKK Attacks and the Game Played Via the Kurds [Turkish only]
Read onlineTayyar Arı, USAK Makale, 12 July 2010
Original title: PKK Saldırıları ve Kürtler Üzerinden Oynanan Oyun
A Judicial Conundrum: Opinions and Recommendations on Constitutional Reform in Turkey
Download (pdf)Serap Yazıcı, ed., TESEV Democratization Program, 12 July 2010
First in the Judicial Reform Policy Report Series of TESEV's Democratization Program, this report covers various subjects such as the Constitutional Court and HSYK, judicial impartiality and the institution of Ombudsman, as well as a brief review of the proposed constitutional amendments.
09 July 2010
The Israel-Turkey-US Triangle and Palestine [Turkish only]
Read onlineO. Bahadır Dinçer, USAK Makale, 9 July 2010
Original title: İsrail-Türkiye-ABD Üçgeni ve Filistin
'Abnormalities' in Ankara-Nicosia Relations [Turkish only]
Read onlineMehmet Hasgüler, USAK Makale, 9 July 2010
Original title: Ankara-Lefkoşa İlişkilerinde 'Olağandışılıklar'
The AKP's Hamas Policy III: Countering Radicalization
Soner Çağaptay, Washington Institute, 9 July 2010
08 July 2010
So Europe Ends at the Bosporus?
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David Andelman, World Policy Journal (Summer 2010), World Policy Institute, 8 July 2010
Remarks of Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoğlu and British Foreign Secretary William Hague in London
Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK, 8 July 2010
First meeting between Davutoğlu and Hague, the newly appointed Foreign Secretary for the UK. The May 2010 general election in Britain saw the end of the Labour Party and the beginning of a new coalition government led by PM David Cameron (Conservative Party).
First meeting between Davutoğlu and Hague, the newly appointed Foreign Secretary for the UK. The May 2010 general election in Britain saw the end of the Labour Party and the beginning of a new coalition government led by PM David Cameron (Conservative Party).
07 July 2010
06 July 2010
05 July 2010
A Change in Turkey's Security Culture in Light of the National Security Council and its National Security Document [Turkish only]
Read onlineSeray Kethudaoğlu, USAK Makale, 5 July 2010
Original title: Türkiye’de MGK ve Milli Siyaset Belgesi Işığında Güvenlik Kültürünün Değişimi
Indonesian President Yudhoyono's Visit to Turkey [Turkish only]
Selçuk Çolakoğlu, USAK Makale, 5 July 2010
Original title: Endonezya Cumhurbaşkanı Yudhoyono’nun Türkiye Ziyareti
04 July 2010
01 July 2010
Do Turkish-Cypriots Have a 'Future'? [Turkish only]
Read onlineMehmet Hasgüler, USAK Makale, 1 July 2010
Original title: Kıbrıslı Türklerin 'Geleceği' Var mı?