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Turkey News Roundup

Dec 5, 2019

Turkey news roundup – Dec. 5, 2019

By Atlantic Council in Turkey

NATO Leaders Meeting On December 3-4, NATO leaders met in the UK for a Summit in the 70th year since the founding of NATO. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pressed for more solidarity and support from NATO on Turkey’s fight against terrorism which Turkey has for many years complained it is not receiving, referring specifically […]

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Turkey News Roundup

Nov 25, 2019

Turkey news roundup – Nov. 25, 2019

By Atlantic Council in Turkey

US-Turkey Relations In late October, the US and Turkey reached an agreement in Syria and on November 13th, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump held a cordial meeting in the White House which helped soften the bickering surrounding Turkey’s recent operation in Northern Syria. Nevertheless, there are remaining points of discord […]

Turkey

In the News

Oct 15, 2019

Okumuş in Al-Monitor: Gas trade: Stand-alone win-win for US-Turkey relations

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 10, 2019

Turkey has legitimate security concerns, but must keep military incursion into Syria limited

By Matthew Bryza

Ankara is justified in trying to secure its border, Matthew Bryza argues, but must not get bogged down in a major military campaign.

Syria
Turkey

EnergySource

Aug 22, 2019

Rare opportunity opens for US LNG to reach Greece-Turkey-Ukraine gas corridor

By Aura Sabadus

While the mainstream media’s attention is now focused on the completion of Russia’s two gas pipeline projects—Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream—exceptional, but under-reported changes are afoot in southeast Europe that could challenge Moscow’s regional dominance and geopolitical pressure and help establish a bidirectional north-south corridor linking Greece and Turkey to Ukraine along the Trans-Balkan pipeline. […]

Eastern Europe
Energy & Environment

In the News

Jul 24, 2019

Arslan in Hurriyet Daily News: Secure Turkey means secure NATO

By Atlantic Council

NATO
Turkey

In the News

Jul 14, 2019

Özer joins TRT Word to discuss delivery of the S-400 to Turkey

Europe & Eurasia
Security & Defense

Event Recap

Jul 2, 2019

Turkey’s Energy Nexus

By Atlantic Council IN TURKEY

On May 23, 2019, the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY, in cooperation with Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ) held an event, hosted by the Turkish Industry & Business Association (TÜSİAD), on Turkey’s Energy Nexus which focused on Turkey’s energy sector and energy relations.

Europe & Eurasia
Geopolitics & Energy Security

Event Recap

May 15, 2019

EU-Turkey relations and the migration conundrum: where does the EU-Turkey Statement stand after three years?

By Atlantic Council IN TURKEY

After more than a million Syrian refugees reached Europe primarily via the Turkey–Greece sea route and dispersed throughout the continent in 2015, Turkey and the European Union (EU) began a close cooperation to stem the influx of refugees and signed the EU–Turkey statement on March 18, 2016.

European Union
Migration

Article

Apr 16, 2019

The LNG moment: How US production could change more than just markets

By Dr. Paula Stern

Adapted from comments given by The Honorable Paula Stern, Ph.D. at the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY Program’s “New Regional Gas Market Dynamics under LNG Expansion & the Shale Gas Revolution” conference on February 26, 2019, with contributions from Ben Perkins. Last March the Economist ran the headline, “Global powers need to take the geopolitics out […]

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

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