Arab Spring Archive
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In the Arab World, Turkey’s on Top
Posted on February 7, 2012 | 1 CommentWritten by David Rosenberg The Arab Spring has been tough on Turkey. Its good friend, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, disappointed it with a violent crackdown on protestors. Relations with Iran... -
Meeting the Geopolitical Challenges of the Arab Spring: A Call for a joint EU-Turkish Agenda
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsMeeting the Geopolitical Challenges of the Arab Spring: A Call for a joint EU-Turkish Agenda by Günter Verheugen This policy brief discusses the potential for cooperation between Turkey and the... -
Turkey Wants to Resume Talks on Iranian Nuclear Program
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 CommentTurkey Wants to Resume Talks on Iranian Nuclear Program Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 6 January 10, 2012 By: Saban Kardas Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, paid a... -
Turkey, Israel, Iran—Winners and Losers from Arab Spring
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 1 CommentNews Analysis By Gary Feuerberg Epoch Times Staff Created: January 8, 2012 Last Updated: January 9, 2012 Related articles: World » Middle East An Egyptian demonstrator waves Egyptian and Palestinian... -
30 million tourists visit Turkey in 2011
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsAddressing Turkish ambassadors in Ankara, Turkey’s Culture and Tourism minister Ertugrul Gunay said that despite political turmoil the country witnessed more than 30 million tourists in 11 months of 2011,... -
The Turkish Model: Can It Be Replicated?
Posted on January 8, 2012 | No Commentsby Peter Kenyon Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) has been enthusiastically received by Arab Spring countries that look to Turkey as a potential model. Here, Erdogan... -
How times have changed: Hamas leader feted in Turkey
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 1 CommentThe first visit of a Hamas leader to Turkey, in Februrary 2006, caused great controversy in the host country. When Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived, it was during the fourth... -
The Year We Lost Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Most of the Middle East
Posted on January 2, 2012 | 1 CommentAbout the only people having a Happy New Year in the Muslim world aren’t the Christians who are huddling and waiting out the storm, but the Islamists who use a... -
No Need for Secularism in Tunisia
Posted on December 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe leader of the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party Ghannouchi says the closest example of their experience is Turkey, but they do not need secularism in Tunisia. The closest example to... -
What Turkey Can Teach Egypt
Posted on December 15, 2011 | 1 CommentCan Egypt’s powerful, secular military take a page from Ankara and learn to get along with the country’s new Islamic parties? BY TOM HUNDLEY | DECEMBER 14, 2011 In this... -
U.S., Turkey, Even Israel, Have Role in Arab Spring
Posted on December 12, 2011 | 1 CommentWritten by David Rosenberg Published Sunday, December 11, 2011 So say observers, even as they warn the influence will be limited Countries outside the Arab Spring and looking in have... -
Turkey & Arab world
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsTHE ongoing Arab Spring has dethroned dictators or compelled them to accept some measure of democratic reform. It has also focused the world`s attention on the direction that new political... -
Turkey’s Changing Regional Role
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsIn just one year, relations between the United States and Turkey have moved from tension to cooperation. This was the focus of remarks by a Turkish journalist speaking at the... -
Russia warships to enter Syria waters in bid to stem foreign intervention
Posted on November 20, 2011 | 1 CommentSyrian official says Damascus agrees ‘in principle’ to allow entrance of Arab League observer mission; 22-member body proposed sending hundreds of observers to the to help end the bloodshed. By Jack... -
Turkey’s Involvement In Syria Raises the Stakes For Its Government
Posted on November 17, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey’s Involvement In Syria Raises the Stakes For Its Government Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 211 November 15, 2011 By: Saban Kardas Turkey has accelerated its contact with... -
Davutoglu’s brilliant statecraft
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s diplomatic skills combine intellectual authority with moral sensibility. Davutoglu’s diplomatic skills have been compared to those of Henry Kissinger [GALLO/GETTY] By a happy quirk... -
US-Turkish Security Cooperation Deepens
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsUS-Turkish Security Cooperation Deepens Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 206 November 8, 2011 By: Saban Kardas The US-Turkish bilateral relationship is entering a new period of cooperation. While...












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