...David Binder The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has some strange partners, in terms of history. The oddest couple of all may be Greece and Turkey. The two neighbors fought four wars in the space of a quarter century (1897 to 1922) and are still mutually suspicious. But they have followed...

...Aylin Unver Noi In this article, Turkey’s and the European Union’s foreign policy approaches to the Middle East and North Africa region are analyzed by focusing on “normative power” and “soft power” concepts, the historical relations among the countries of the region, and the projects developed...

...Klée Aiken Klée Aiken is an analyst at International Technology and Trade Associates, Inc., a Washington, DC–based consulting firm. Park Bill : Modern Turkey . London : Routledge , 2012 . 262 pages . ISBN 978-0-4154-4371-5 . $72.99 ( hardcover ). Copyright 2012...

...Reuben Silverman The confrontation between Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and media mogul Aydin Dogan illustrates a major shift that has occurred in Turkey since the early 2000s. Dogan Holding is part of a traditional economic elite dominated by a number of large, coastal firms...

... a significant parameter in Middle Eastern politics, highlighted by the Arab Spring that began in late 2010. Student movements in Turkey and Egypt gained momentum in the 1960, and in the 1970s Islamic discourse became increasingly popular among young activists. These youth movements operated through flexible...

... culture is closely related to the consolidation of democracy, the change in value orientations sustaining democracy would be an indicator showing the extent of societal Europeanization in Turkey. Based on the World Values Survey, changes in secular-rational and self-expression value orientations...

...Gawdat Bahgat The sharp drop in oil prices since June 2014 has drastically altered the global energy landscape. This essay examines the growing energy cooperation between Iran and Turkey and the strategic and economic implications for Europe. It argues that the emerging energy partnership between...

... assumed the role of the authoritative leader in Turkey's foreign policy decision making, which was the main source of change in that period's foreign policy. Further, it demonstrates that during the period from 1983 until 1989 there were changes in the level of effort as well as shifts in the methods...

...Philip Giraldi The US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has resulted in a resurgence in Kurdish nationalism. There has also been a revival of the terrorist threat directed against Turkey coming from the Kurdistan Workers' Party based in northern Iraq. The inability of the United States to curb...

...Joshua Walker Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Joshua Walker is a doctoral candidate at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and a former Fulbright Fellow in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey and Israel’s Relationship in the Middle East...

...). He teaches political sociology and international relations at Eastern Michigan University. Benjamin Adams is a senior student at Eastern Michigan University. Who’s the Sick Man of Europe? A Wavering EU Should Let Turkey In Fatos Tarifa and Benjamin...

...Cobie Harris Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Cobie Harris is associate professor of political science at San Jose State University, California. Costas Melakopides: Unfair Play: Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, the UK and the EU . Martello Papers 29. Kingston, Ontario: Centre...

..., the issue now is less institutional than cultural. By problematizing European cultural minimalism as the main informant of anti.Turkish opposition, this essay turns the issue of Turkish membership upside down. While in Turkey religiosity does not appear to be a decisive factor in shaping perceptions...

.... Kabasakal Arat, ed. Human Rights in Turkey. Philadelphia: Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 349 pages. ISBN 978-08122-4000-9/ ISBN-10: 0-8122-4000-6. $69.95. Reviewed by Robert J. Pranger. Human rights, in the sense of an itemized list of individual liberties protected by legal safeguards...

...Constantine A. Pagedas Bruce Clark: Twice A Stranger: The Mass Expulsions That Forged Modern Greece and Turkey . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006. 274 pages. ISBN 978-0-674-02368-0. $29.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Reviews Tim...

...Justine M. Williams Joseph S. Joseph, ed.: Turkey and the European Union: Internal Dynamics and External Challenges . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 270 pages. ISBN 0-230-00549-5. $74.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Reviews Tim Weiner: Legacy...

...C. Edward Dillery C. Edward Dillery is a retired US Foreign Service officer who served as ambassador to Fiji, Tonga, Kiribatia, and Tuvalu. He also served at the US embassy in Cyprus and was director of the Office of Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus Affairs in the US Department of State. He...

... citizens of Turkey are bound together by a shared culture, not race. Ataturk used the phrase Turkeye Millet (or the Turkish Nation — a concept formerly used to identify communities other than Turk) to emphasize that the nation is one community. Heper has carried out extensive research...

... are evident in Turkey's journey to the EU. Cultural identity boundaries are dynamic, and emphasizing the protection of particular minority groups can be regarded as a minority-forging policy that places at risk the successful implementation of minority protection in the candidate country. Mediterranean...

...Ted Galen Carpenter Although US leaders have long regarded Turkey as a crucial strategic ally, relations between Ankara and Washington have been deteriorating for years. Domestic changes in Turkey, especially the decline of secular forces, account for some of that estrangement but fundamental...