Atlantic Council Turkey Program Events

Through events in Turkey, the US, and Europe, the Atlantic Council Turkey Program brings together a high-level community of government, business and thought leaders to enhance international cooperation.

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Jan 21, 2019

Kempe: “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”

By Atlantic Council IN TURKEY

Frederick Kempe’s Berlin 1961 has now been published in Turkish, making it the 15th language the book is available. Berlin 1961 discusses the period from the year that the Berlin Wall was first built. In his book Berlin 1961, published in 2011 and having reached a significant reader audience, the president and chief executive officer […]

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Dec 19, 2018

Turkey’s renewable investment outlook: renewable energy and new technologies

By David Livingston

On December 19th, the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY and the World Energy Council Turkey convened a high-level event on the outlook for renewable energy investment in Turkey. The half-day event, which featured a diverse set of international experts and energy sector leaders, was focused on taking stock of Turkey’s experience to-date in deploying renewable energy, […]

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

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Dec 6, 2018

Turkey’s energy sector dynamics

By Atlantic Council IN TURKEY

On December 6, 2018 the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY, held an event, co-hosted with the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, in Washington, D.C. to launch a special issue jointly published with Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ), on Turkey’s energy sector dynamics entitled “Turkey’s Energy Nexus: Discoveries & Development”. Atlantic Council Turkey Representative Defne Arslan kicked off […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Nov 27, 2018

Iran sanctions, OPEC and Trump: where are oil markets moving?

By Ellen R. Wald

On Tuesday, November 27, in Istanbul, the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY hosted Atlantic Council Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ellen R. Wald for a talk entitled “Iran Sanctions, OPEC and Trump: Where Are Oil Markets Moving?” to a roundtable that featured a discussion about the likely impact of the new U.S. sanctions on Iran and […]

Energy Markets & Governance Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

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Oct 17, 2018

Refugee remedy from Turkey

By Verda Özer

“The refugee crisis has totally been invented”, said Laura Batalla. As the co-author of the report entitled “Toward Long-Term Solidarity with Syrian Refugees? Turkey’s Policy Response and Challenges”, published by the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY (AC), Batalla emphasized the misperception among Europeans about Syrian refugees in her speech during the presentation of the report in […]

Migration Turkey

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Oct 9, 2018

Concordia Summit joint strategy session | Syrian refugees: policy consolidation and challenges for Turkey

By Laura Batalla & Juliette Tolay

On September 25, 2018, the Atlantic Council in Turkey launched the report Toward Long-Term Solidarity with Syrian Refugees? Turkey’s Policy Response and Challenges at the Concordia Summit in New York during the United Nations General Assembly week. Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe and Atlantic Council Turkey Representative, Defne Arslan, opened the launch by […]

Europe & Eurasia Migration

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Sep 7, 2018

Turkey’s investment opportunities in Africa

By Grady Wilson

On September 6, 2018 the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY, in cooperation with the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK), hosted a half-day conference in Istanbul titled Turkey’s investment Opportunities in Africa, to explore business opportunities on the African continent. Turkey’s interest and engagement in Africa has grown significantly […]

Africa Economy & Business
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Aug 16, 2018

AC Millennium Leadership Fellows visit Gaziantep and Çeşme

By Pinar Dost

In Turkey and Greece, the presence of over four million asylum seekers, displaced persons, and unaccompanied minors, combined with preexisting stressors ranging from security on Turkey’s border with Syria to the historic economic and employment crisis in Greece, have produced one of the most significant humanitarian crises in since World War II. The Atlantic Council’s […]

Europe & Eurasia Migration

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May 4, 2018

Changing international order and shifting geopolitics: focus on Turkey

By Grady Wilson

On April 19, the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY, in partnership with the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), hosted a panel titled “Changing international order and shifting geopolitics: focus on Turkey” in Istanbul. Moderated by Atlantic Council Turkey Representative Defne Sadıklar – Arslan, the panel, featuring Council of State of Spain member, former Minister of […]

Europe & Eurasia International Organizations

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Mar 26, 2018

Turkey’s growing presence in Africa, and opportunities and challenges to watch in 2018

By Pınar Dost

A high-level Turkish government and business delegation headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently returned from Africa after visiting Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali. This trip is the continuation of a series of visits and initiatives undertaken by Turkey as part of its official policy of “Opening to Africa” which began in 2005. As Turkey’s […]

Africa Economy & Business
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