Turkey

Turkey is a longstanding NATO ally and member of the transatlantic community, strategically occupying the alliance’s southeastern flank. As an important ally in a turbulent region, Turkey has a crucial role to play in tackling many of the world’s most pressing challenges such as the war in Syria and relations between the West and Russia. Turkey is also a valuable partner for Washington on energy cooperation, business, regional relations, and migration.

AC Millennium Leadership Fellows visit Gaziantep and Çeşme

Report Sep 13, 2024

A sea of opportunities: Exploring cooperation between Turkey and the West in the Black Sea

By Atlantic Council Turkey Programs

In the political sphere, the interests of Turkey and the West in the Black Sea largely overlap.
Defense Industry Defense Technologies
AC Millennium Leadership Fellows visit Gaziantep and Çeşme

TURKEYSource Aug 28, 2024

Turkey wants to end the war in Ukraine—and might have a formula to do it

By Rich Outzen

Turkey would play a role in a cease-fire and post-war arrangement, drawing on a history of balance and deterrence in the Black Sea region.
Conflict Europe & Eurasia
AC Millennium Leadership Fellows visit Gaziantep and Çeşme

Issue Brief Jul 8, 2024

Turkey’s emerging and disruptive technologies capacity and NATO: Defense policy, prospects, and limitations

By Can Kasapoğlu and Sine Özkaraşahin

An issue brief exploring Turkey’s defense technological ecosystem and leveraging its capabilities for the benefit of NATO.
Defense Industry Defense Policy

Programs

The Atlantic Council IN TURKEY, which is in charge of the Turkey program, aims to promote and strengthen transatlantic engagement with the region by providing a high-level forum and pursuing programming to address the most important issues on energy, economics, security, and migration.

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Event Recap

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

In the News

Aug 15, 2018

Wilson Quoted in Newsweek on Impact of Turkey Financial Crisis on Refugee Program

By Ross Wilson

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 15, 2018

Stein Quoted in Vox on Turkey-US Trade Dispute

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 15, 2018

Wilson Joins CNBC to Discuss Turkey-US Relations

By Ross Wilson

Watch the full discussion here

Turkey

In the News

Aug 15, 2018

Bryza in The Washington Post: The US Can’t Afford to Lose Turkey

By Matthew Bryza

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 14, 2018

Stein Quoted in The New York Times on US-Turkey Tensions Potentially Stalling Progress on ISIS Fight

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Stein Quoted in ThinkProgress on Fall of Turkey’s Currency

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Stein Quoted in Foreign Policy on Trump Blocking Fighter Jet Transfer Amid Deepening US-Turkey Rift

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2018

Loose ends of a deal

By Pinar Dost

For the first four years of the war, Turkey handled the crisis on its own without much international support and assistance. Today, it is much harder to do that.

European Union Migration

New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2018

Trump extends feud with Turkey: Now what?

By David Wemer

What does this escalation mean for US-Turkey relations and what should Washington and Ankara do from here?

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Politics & Diplomacy
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Experts

Fellow

Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Expert

Defne Arslan

Senior Director

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Ilker Baburoglu

CEO, MedTrade Energy & Commodities

Millennium Leadership Program

Africa Economy & Business

Fellow

Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

Fellow

Lesley Chavkin

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Africa Economy & Business

Fellow

Jonathan R. Cohen

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Greece Iraq
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