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A Background to the Constitutional Referendum: Reinforcing the Politics of Polarization

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İlter Turan, GMF Policy Brief, 30 August 2010

The South Caucasus on the Russian "Chess Board"

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Zaur Shiriyev, USAK Article, 27 August 2010

Hair Today, Prime Minister Tomorrow

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Soner Çağaptay, The Washington Institute, 24 August 2010

A look at Israel-Greek rapprochement from Ankara

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Hasan Kanbolat, ORSAM Analysis, 24 August 2010

Almanac Turkey 2006-2008: Security Sector and Democratic Oversight

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Ali Bayramoğlu and Ahmet İnsel, eds., TESEV Democratization Program, 16 August 2010

Second in the Almanac series of TESEV's Democratization Program, this report is a new English translation of the original 2009 Turkish report.

Would Armenia like to Solve the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict? What is the Armenian 100 Year Strategy?

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Sinan Oğan, TÜRKSAM, 15 August 2010

Turkish Civilian-Military Relations Overhauled

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Saban Kardas, Eurasia Daily Monitor 7, no. 156, Jamestown Foundation, 12 August 2010

Turkish Civilian-Military Relations Overhauled

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Saban Kardas, Eurasia Daily Monitor 7, no. 156, Jamestown Foundation, 12 August 2010

Turkey’s "Economic Recovery" Raises Questions

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Saban Kardas, Eurasia Daily Monitor 7, no. 150, Jamestown Foundation, 4 August 2010

Military-Economic Structure in Turkey: Present Situation, Problems, and Solutions

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İsmet Akça, TESEV Democratization Program, 3 August 2010


Second in the Security Sector Policy Report Series of TESEV's Democratization Program, this report breaks down the three pillars of the military-economic structure in Turkey and presents possible short- and long-term solutions to the problems inherent in the current structure.

Al Qaeda's Surprising New Target: Turkey

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Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institute, 2 August 2010

The Scary European Model

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Soner Çağaptay and David Pollock, The Washington Institute, 2 August 2010

How Conspiracy Theories Spread

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Soner Çağaptay, Jaclyn Blumenfeld and Burc Ozcelik, The Washington Institute, 1 August 2010