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Turkey and the West – distant yet inseparable
Turkey’s growing estrangement from the West stems from its domestic and regional ambitions, as well as from a feeling of being unwanted in the European Union. There is also a deeper undercurrent, present since the founding of the Turkish Republic, that questions the Kemalist strategy of a radical alignment with Europe. Even so, a total break with its Western partners is not on the cards.
Impact of Kurdish settlement on 'new Middle East’
Turkey is under increasing pressure to settle the demands of the Kurdish ’terrorist group’, the PKK, and its call for a wider range of autonomy and recognition. A settlement would bring to an end more than 25 years of violence. But Turkey needs to find a political solution that considers ...
Geopolitics: Fears that Turkey’s AKP may push the Islam agenda
This report examines the internal situation in Turkey. It looks at the role of the military in politics, the impact of Islam in society, the Kurdish issue and the country’s policies which affect its relations with the European Union. Reforms will be brought about only through consensus and a new ...
