Turkey’s fighter pilot problems

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
Turkey’s fighter pilot problems

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
Turkey’s fighter pilot problems

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

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MENASource

Sep 8, 2017

Turkey’s fighter pilot problems

By Aaron Stein

The failed coup-attempt on July 15, 2016 upended the Turkish Air Force and prompted the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to purge pilots and air crews from the military. The Air Force played a central part in the failed coup attempt. Although only some two-dozen F-16 pilots took part in the coup in eleven […]

NATO Partnerships
Turkey

New Atlanticist

Sep 6, 2017

Iran, Turkey Key to Turkmenistan Realizing its Energy Potential

By Masoud Mostajabi

Turkmenistan must invest in new infrastructure to export its vast energy resources if it is to become a substantial player in the global energy market. Achieving this objective would reduce Turkey and the European Union (EU)’s dependence on Russian gas. Turkmenistan boasts the sixth-largest natural gas reserves in the world, an estimated 617 trillion cubic […]

Iran
Turkey

MENASource

Aug 15, 2017

Reaching Agreement on al-Qaeda: An Option for the US and Turkey

By Aaron Stein

The United States does not have a Turkey policy. The current US approach to its NATO ally is subordinate to the needs of the war against the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh), and the need for an effective local ground force to partner with US special operations forces. The result: the United States military […]

Turkey

In the News

Aug 7, 2017

Stein Quoted in Military Times on Kurdish Fighters in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Turkey

In the News

Jul 19, 2017

Stein Quoted in Bloomberg on Turkish Exposure of U.S. Troops in Syria

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Jul 18, 2017

Stein Quoted in Business Insider on Tension Between Turkey and US-Backed YPG Forces

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Jul 18, 2017

Stein Quoted in ARA News on Kurdish Success at Foiling Turkey-led Attack

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

Jul 14, 2017

Stein in War on the Rocks – “Take to the Streets”: Turkey’s Failed Coup, One Year Later

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

Report

Jul 10, 2017

Partner operations in Syria: Lessons learned and the way forward

By Aaron Stein

This report is based on a series of interviews with US officials and details two efforts to achieve US objectives to take back territory from ISIS in Syria—with elements trained in Turkey, as part of the Train and Equip program, and through the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the dominant local force in northeastern Syria. The […]

Security Partnerships
Syria

In the News

Jul 2, 2017

Handjani Joins Bloomberg to Discuss Qatar Defense Minister Meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan

By Amir Handjani

Watch the full interview here.

The Gulf
Turkey
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Experts

Fellow

Jeffrey Hovenier

Nonresident senior fellow

Europe Center

Croatian Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Mark Mowrey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Ozgun Ozguven

Executive Business Owner, Ozguven

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Turkey

Fellow

Yerevan Saeed

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Energy & Environment

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Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

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Defne Arslan

Senior Director

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

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