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July 13, 2010

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Turkey’s Cooling Ties with U.S., Israel

Turkey’s rise as a regional and economic power with its own set of interests, along with anger toward Israel about the Gaza flotilla incident, explains much of the chilling in Turkey’s relationships …

Interview by Steven A. Cook and Bernard Gwertzman

August 9, 2014

Turkey
Turkey’s Secularists Surrender

I coauthored this post with my friend and colleague, Michael Koplow. He is the author of the blog: Ottomans & Zionists. When Turks go to the polls on August 10 to directly elect their president for …

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

September 14, 2012

United States
Turkey: Lessons From the Syrian Crisis?

A recent story in the Washington Post suggested that the excitement in recent years about Turkish domination of the Middle East, neo-Ottomanism, and neo-imperialism is now coming to an end. For seve…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 7, 2014

Turkey
Turkey: Orientalists’ Delight

There has been a lot of commentary and speculation about what is likely to happen in Turkey now that the country is past the March 30 municipal elections.  The Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) r…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 23, 2014

United States
This Week: Turkey’s Acquiescence and Iran Sanctions

Significant Developments ISIS-Turkey. Turkey announced on Monday that it would allow Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces to cross its border to come to Kobani’s defense, five weeks after the start of ISI…

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter launches mortar shells (Jadallah/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters