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Cengiz Aktar: Dış politika ufku

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Hükümetin Türkiye için tasarladığı ve uygulamaya koyduğu yeni dış politika Orta Doğu ve Kuzey Afrika (ODKA) ülkelerinde vuku bulan ayaklanmalar sonucu çok ciddi bir testten geçiyor. Mart 2003?teki ?hoş tesadüf? yani hükümet tezkeresinin Meclis?te reddinin ülke ve bölgede kendisine getirdiği itibar ile başlayan dönem artık yol ayrımında. Bölgeye yönelik girişimlerin, üzerinde derin düşünülmüş bir stratejiden … Read more

Turkey’s zigzags on Libyan crisis. A Libya and a Turkish foreign policy roundup.

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The four New York Times journalists, who had been captured by Libyan forces while covering the conflict there, pose with Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya Levent Sahinkaya (C) at the Turkish embassy in Tripoli in this undated handout released March 21, 2011. Libya released the four on Monday, nearly a week after they had been captured, … Read more

Davutoğlu rhetorically fantastic, but I wonder what Libyan resistance thinks about.. A Foreign Policy roundup…

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during the Leaders of Change Summit in Istanbul March 14, 2011. NATO member Turkey on Monday held out against growing international calls to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, saying such operation would be unhelpful and fraught with risk. “Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country … Read more

by the way, nuclear talks start in Istanbul… a foreign policy roundup…

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Iran nuclear talks start in Turkey Six world powers open negotiations with Tehran with little hope of breakthrough Six world powers began two days of talks with Iran today aimed at curbing its nuclear programme, but there is little hope of a breakthrough at the Istanbul meeting. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) shakes … Read more

A FP roundup including an Interview with Dr. Armagan Emre Cakir on Turkey-EU Relations

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Interview with Dr. Armagan Emre Cakir on Turkey-EU Relations from Changing Turkey in a Changing World by Changing Turkey Dr Armağan Emre Çakır is assistant professor at the European Union Institute of Marmara University, Istanbul. He is the chairperson of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the European Union. His research focuses on … Read more

FP roundup:”Turkish-Israeli tension ‘affects Turkey-US ties’

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cartoon by Muharrem Aktan. source here. Obama ‘recess appoints’ Ricciardone as envoy to Ankara Turkey pleased with Obama’s step to appoint ambassador from Hurriyet Dailynews Ankara considers the Obama administration?s rare step to appoint an ambassador to Turkey a positive move. US-Turkey Relations: A Real Cliffhanger Huffington Post (blog) As soon as more WikiLeaks documents … Read more

It seems that with Lieberman, there cannot be peace btw Israel and Turkey….

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Netanyahu rules out apology to Turks over flotilla from Hurriyet Dailynews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ruled out making an apology to Turkey over an Israeli military raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed eight Turks and one American of Turkish descent. Israeli FM vows no apology to Turkey on raid from Yahoo … Read more

Orhan Pamuk: The souring of Turkey’s European dream

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (R) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their meeting in Istanbul December 23, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Osman Orsal The souring of Turkey’s European dream | Orhan Pamuk from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Orhan Pamuk In the first of My Europe, a series in which writers … Read more

TR foreign policy roundup: An anti-Turkish Pope, Turkey and Israel rapproachement, Racial harassment in Turkey etc

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WikiLeaks cables: Pope wanted Muslim Turkey kept out of EU from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Andrew Brown, Heather Brooke Vatican diplomats also lobbied against Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and wanted ‘Christian roots’ enshrined in EU constitution The pope is responsible for the Vatican’s growing hostility towards Turkey joining the EU, previously secret cables sent … Read more

Part 2: Turkey related Cablegate news (#cablegate)

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The long twilight of the U.S.-Turkey alliance – By David Kenner from FP Passport by David Kenner When Barack Obama took the podium before Turkey’s parliament in April 2009, in his first overseas trip as president, he delivered a speech that echoed much of the happy talk that has characterized U.S. rhetoric toward Turkey over … Read more

Sum of the week (2): US plays ‘genocide’ card to pressure Turkey on NATO missile system; Economist reports on Turkey etc…

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A special report on Turkey: Doing it by the book | The Economist A special report on Turkey: The Davutoglu effect | The Economist Analysis: Turkey hesitates on missile defense from Yahoo news Turkey finds itself once again in an awkward position between fellow NATO members and Iran as it considers a proposal to place … Read more

Documents… The Mavi Marmara UN Report….Eurasia Group’s Turkey Predictions

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The Mavi Marmara UN Report from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Hugh Pope writes about the UN report on the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident, and links directly to the report. Click here for Pope?s full essay. An excerpt: UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis ?Executed? US Citizen Furkan Dogan from tabsir.net by tabsir Furkan Dogan, a … Read more

An Interview on Turkey-scepticism in the EU (in Turkish)

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Brazil, Turkey, Iranian officials meet from Yahoo news ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 25 (UPI) — Foreign ministers from Iran, Brazil and Turkey met in Istanbul in an attempt to restart stalled negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, officials said. Iran – Turkey – ISTANBUL – Middle East – Nuclear program of Iran Turkey, Brazil urge Iran to … Read more

FP roundup: Turkey to freeze Israeli ties

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Turkey to freeze Israeli ties from Yahoo news ISTANBUL (Turkey) – A TURKISH newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and would not send back an envoy, withdrawn after an Israeli commando operation to stop an aid convoy reaching Gaza. The Turkish government has said it is working on a … Read more

Prof. Finkelstein on the Gaza Flotilla attack and more videos

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Report on return of British members of Gaza aid flotilla attacked in international waters by Israeli commandos on 31 May 2010. Osama Qashoo recounts his experience.

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