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Mar 27, 2014

Turkey Votes on Sunday With Democracy and Stability at Stake

By Sabine Freizer

Voters in Turkey will elect mayors and local councils Sunday in an act that will resonate far beyond the local issues that typically dominate municipal elections. They will deliver a referendum on the 11-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. And the balloting will open a cycle of three elections in coming months that […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 27, 2014

As Turkey Votes Sunday, Democracy and Stability Are at Stake

By Sabine Freizer

Voters in Turkey will elect mayors and local councils Sunday in an act that will resonate far beyond the local issues that typically dominate municipal elections. They will deliver a referendum on the 11-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. And the balloting will open a cycle of three elections in coming months that […]

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Issue Brief

Mar 13, 2014

The Kurdish Question and US-Turkish Relations in a Changing Middle East

By Jeffrey Mankoff and Müjge Küçükkeleş

Growing disorder throughout the Middle East has created the possibility for major changes to the status of Kurdish minorities in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Turkey’s handling of its own Kurdish minority and its relations with Kurdish groups throughout the region are creating new challenges for US foreign policy and US-Turkish relations. The failure of Ankara’s […]

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Event Recap

Mar 10, 2014

Meeting with Ozdil Nami

Elected Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Cypriot Community On March 10, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted an invite-only, off-the-record discussion with the Elected Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Cypriot Community, Ozdil Nami.

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Turkish F-16 jet

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Mar 4, 2014

Turkey Scrambles Jets After Russian Plane Flies Near its Black Sea Coast

By Reuters and Anadolu Agency

From Reuters:  The Turkish Air Force scrambled eight F-16 fighter jets after a Russian surveillance plane flew parallel along its Black Sea coast

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New Atlanticist

Feb 19, 2014

How to Avoid All-Out War in Ukraine

By Sabine Freizer

Ukraine is on fire. Though it is part of the same Black Sea region as Turkey and a solid economic partner, Kiev is far from many minds in Turkey. The few that are paying attention are making comparisons between the violence during the Gezi protests and what is happening today in Ukraine’s squares. Some comparisons […]

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In the News

Jan 30, 2014

Wilson on US-Turkish Relations after Scandal

By Ross Wilson

Eurasia Center Director Ross Wilson discusses the recent political crisis’ implications on US-Turkish relations, Syria, and the upcoming Turkish elections with Voice of America Turkish service (video in Turkish):

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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2014

US Intelligence Community’s Assessment of Threats in Europe

By Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The following excerpt is from the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, delivered by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, 2014.

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2014

Turkey’s Wrong Turn

By Editorial Board, New York Times

[Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan should be insisting that the probe be fair and transparent, not trying to derail it.

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REUTERS/Osman Orsal

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2014

Turkey’s Troubles May Set Back Kurdish, US Hopes

By Müjge Küçükkeleş and Jeffrey Mankoff

The Turkish government’s mounting domestic challenges, notably from the corruption investigation of senior officials that became public in December, may increase the risk that Prime Minister Erdoğan will be unable to complete a peace process he opened more than a year ago with Turkey’s Kurdish rebels. A failure of that reconciliation effort could increase the […]

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