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Turkey

Liberté, Fraternité . . . Modernité?

The National Interest | Jul 01, 2007
As part of a new series expressing the views of foreign policy thinkers around the world, France's new president discusses Franco-American relations, the European Union's future and the Middle East.

Banking on Turkey

H. Kaan Nazli | Dec 01, 2004
On the eve of EU accession, Turkey's financial sector is poised to take off.

The Dating Game

Zeyno Baran | Mar 01, 2004
American is playing matchmaker to Turkey and the EU. It had better work. A broken engagement could mean a clash of civilizations.

Cyprus: The Predictable Crisis

Henri J. Barkey
Philip H. Gordon
| Dec 01, 2001
The EU's determination to invite Cyprus into the Union in December 2002 represents a crisis-in-the-making. It's not too soon for Washington to begin work to head it off.

Talking Turkey

Norman Stone | Sep 01, 2000
Europe has long viewed Turkey as a parent would a troubled stepchild. But a vibrant and increasingly powerful Turkey is making such an attitude absurd--and dangerous.

A New Axis: The Emerging Turkish-Israeli Entente

Daniel Pipes | Dec 01, 1997
The Turkish-Israeli partnership offers many advantages to the United States. Most ambitiously, it could provide the nucleus of an American-oriented regional partnership made up of democratic allies--as opposed to the authoritarian rulers.
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Commentary

Turkey’s Doing It Without the Fez On

Michael C. Desch | Oct 26, 2010
Turkey's policies are becoming more globalized, more Islamic and more assertive. And that's a good thing for the United States.

The Inventors of Chutzpah

Benny Morris | Sep 23, 2010
The Turks have a lot of nerve accusing Israel of atrocities.

NATO & Israel

James Joyner | Jun 03, 2010
The flotilla raid could cause our relations with Ankara to implode—and severely harm the transatlantic alliance.
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Blogs

A Worried Washington Confronts Turkey

Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 15, 2010
Formerly staunch allies, Turkey and the United States are becoming estranged.

Books & Reviews

Patriot Games

Zeyno Baran | Mar 01, 2006
The Tom Clancys of Turkey have a clear and present bias.

Atatürk--and After

Graham E. Fuller | Sep 01, 2000
The definitive portrait--and vindication--of Turkey's founding father.

From Ataturk to Erbakan

Andrew Mango | Dec 01, 1996
Jeremy Seal, A Fez of the Heart (New York: Harcourt Brace & Co.

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