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PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Future of Turkish-American Relations: Acting Together with a Common Vision

Friday, November 14, 2008
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

Paul Morigi - Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at Brookings.On November 14, the Center on the U.S. and Europe at Brookings welcomed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a public address on revitalizing Turkish-American relations. In his remarks, Mr. Erdogan discussed the common vision shared by the strategic allies in confronting global challenges and securing peace and stability in the Middle East.
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Turkey

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPresident-elect Obama and Turkey

Mark R. Parris, Autumn 2008, Private View

President-elect Obama and TurkeyMark Parris notes that a major foreign policy issue for President-elect Barack Obama to address will be repairing the U.S.-Turkish relationship. Parris outlines six key steps that he believes Obama should move quickly on to ensure a well developed Turkey agenda moving forward. Read More

Turkey, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Middle East, Europe

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Save to My PortfolioTurkey, the Region and U.S.-Turkey Relations: Assessing the Challenges and Prospects

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Washington, DC

Ian Livingston/Brookings - Ahmet Davutoglu speaks at the Brookings event.The Brookings Center on the United States and Europe and the SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research hosted a conference to examine Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy challenges and prospects. The conference featured a keynote address by Professor Ahmet Davutoglu, chief foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. Read More

Turkey

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Bush Legacy in U.S.-Turkish Relations

Mark R. Parris, October-December 2008, Insight Turkey

Mark Parris writes that U.S.–Turkish relations are now worse than when George W. Bush came to office. However, Parris outlines believes there is hope the damage done by both sides is reversible. Read More

Turkey, International Relations, Foreign Policy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDancing with the Kurds

Omer Taspinar, October 20, 2008, Today's Zaman

Omer Taspinar discusses recent talks between the Turkish government and the Kurds in Iraq and what they may mean for the region as well as Kurdish autonomy. Read More

Turkey, Middle East, Diplomacy, International Relations

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioWinning Turkey

Omer Taspinar, Philip H. Gordon and Afterword by Soli Ozel, October 01, 2008

Winning Turkey designs a plan to ease tensions in this critical part of the world. Read More

Turkey, International Relations

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioListening to the Voices of the Displaced: Lessons Learned

Roberta Cohen, September 2008, The Brookings Institution

Listening to the Voices of the Displaced: Lessons LearnedWhen those working with IDPs develop programs and policies without taking the time to listen to those most affected — the IDPs themselves — plans often go wrong. In order to ensure their needs not only are met but also that lasting solutions are found for their displacement, Roberta Cohen explains that it is critical to listen to the voices of IDPs. Read More

Internal Displacement, Human Rights, Migration, Africa, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioU.S.-Turkish Relationship: What's Wrong with This Picture?

Mark R. Parris, September 10, 2008, Rochester Committee on Foreign Relations

Mark Parris spoke before the Rochester Committee on Foreign Relations to discuss why Turkey is important to the U.S., how relations between the U.S. and Turkey have gone so wrong in recent years, and what can be done about it. Read More

Turkey, International Relations, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Islamic World

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioTurkey’s Constitutional Court Decision on the Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Wednesday, August 06, 2008
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Washington, DC

Turkey’s Constitutional Court recently struck down an attempt to outlaw the Justice and Development Party (AKP). This court case had been described by international media as a battle between the secular and devout sides of Turkey’s national “soul.”The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted three of Turkey’s most astute political observers for a discussion of the court ruling and its implications. Read More

Turkey, Islamic World, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Courts

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioAmerica’s Presidential Elections and Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations

Monday, June 02, 2008
2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Istanbul, Turkey

On June 2, the Brookings Institution collaborated with TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association) to host a conference on “America’s Presidential Elections and Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations”. During the panel discussions, a team of respected American and Turkish analysts considered factors that will determine next November’s elections for a new President of the United States, and how the various outcomes may affect the substance and dynamics of relations between the U.S. and Turkey beginning next January. Read More

Turkey, U.S. Politics, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Islamic World

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTurkey's Courts Should Respect the Will of the People

Mark R. Parris, May 17, 2008, Wall Street Journal

Despite the lack of attention in Washington, Mark Parris argues Turkey is headed towards crisis. Parris believes that if Turkey's constitutional court decides to close down the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and ban its top leadership, "the loss will not be Turkey's alone." Read More

Turkey, Islamic World, Democracy Promotion, Diplomacy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioU.S.-Turkish Relations: How Firm a Foundation?

Mark R. Parris, May 08, 2008, The Economics Club of Memphis

In this speech to the Economics Club of Memphis, Mark Parris discusses the current status of often changing U.S.-Turkish relations. He addresses how the relationship has changed under the Bush administration and offers suggestions for continued strategic cooperation in the future. Read More

Turkey, Middle East, Islamic World, International Relations, Foreign Policy

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioRighting the Course: The Future of the U.S.-Turkish Relationship

Thursday, May 08, 2008
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

On May 8, the Center for the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) hosted R. Nicholas Burns, former under secretary of state for political affairs, for the fourth annual Sakıp Sabancı Lecture. Ambassador Burns focused his address on the future of U.S.-Turkish relations. Read More

Turkey

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Save to My PortfolioTurkey’s New Constitutional Crisis: A Judicial Coup d’Etat?

Thursday, April 17, 2008
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Umit BektasNine months after its landslide election victory, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) is once again in the midst of a major political struggle with the country’s secular establishment. In March, Turkey's chief prosecutor petitioned the country’s constitutional court for the closure of the AKP on the grounds of “anti-secular” activities. On April 17, the Center on the United States on Europe (CUSE) at Brookings hosted a panel discussion to examine the legal and political dynamics behind the case against the AKP. Read More

Turkey, Elections, Europe

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioU.S. Policy and Turkey: Lost in Translation

Omer Taspinar, April 14, 2008, Today's Zaman

Omer Taspinar notes that Turkey is again going through a difficult time internally and externally.  Once declared a model of the Islamic World by the U.S., the country now finds itself trying to "find a balance between Islam, secularism and Western identity," which has recently seemed totally elusive. Read More

Turkey, Islamic World, Foreign Policy, U.S. Department of State

In Brief

Turkey has traveled a long journey over the past eight decades, reconciling its rich traditions with its aspirations to modernity to bring progress to its people. The selection of a new President and the general elections of 2007 have set the course of Turkish internal politics for the next decade. But developments in Iraq, Iran and the eastern Mediterranean are complicating Turkey’s relations with the U.S., Europe, Israel and the Muslim world.

Featured Experts

Mark R. Parris

Mark R. Parris

Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy

A former ambassador to Turkey, Mark Parris served as a career foreign service officer including posts in the Soviet Union, Israel and Portugal. He also was a policy advisor for the U.S. State Department and National Security Council. Parris currently directs the "Turkey 2007" project at Brookings.
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Omer Taspinar

Omer Taspinar

Nonresident Fellow, Foreign Policy

Omer Taspinar is an expert on Turkey, the European Union, Muslims in Europe, political Islam, the Middle East and Kurdish nationalism. He is a professor at the National War College and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
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