The Turkey Initiative of the Joint Center was launched in 2006. The main aim of the Initiative is to function as a nexus for expertise, knowledge and information on Turkish politics, society, and foreign relations. For more information please see the Turkey Initiative Mission Section.

The Turkey Initiative in February 2008 launched its new biweekly publication, the Turkey Analyst. The Turkey Analystpublishes analysis and news digests on Turkish domestic and foreign affairs, in an accessible and up-to-date format. It aspires to provide a more complete and nuanced analysis of the complex and rapidly evolving Turkish scene. The publication's content is freely available online, and each issue can be downloaded in PDF format for easy viewing and printing.

Recent Analyses in the Turkey Analyst:

"Interview with Süleyman Demirel", by Svante E. Cornell, June 18, 2008 issue.

"What Went Wrong with Turkey's Moderate Islamists?", by Halil Magnus Karaveli, June 18, 2008 issue.

"Politics, Media and Power in Turkey", by M. K. Kaya and Svante E. Cornell, June 4, 2008,issue.

"Where Did the Secular Republic Fail?", by Halil Magnus Karaveli, June 4, 2008,issue.

"Redefining Secularism? AKP Challenges Turks' Modern Religiosity", by Halil Magnus Karaveli, May 21, 2008, issue.

"The CHP Congress, Leadership Cults, and Turkish Democracy", by Svante E. Cornell, May 8, 2008, issue.

Recent Publications

Michael Jonsson and Svante E. Cornell, "Examining PKK Financing", Jane's Intelligence Review, March 2008.

Volkan Özdemir, "Turkey's Role in European Energy Security", in Svante Cornell and Niklas Nilsson, eds., Europe's Energy Security: Gazprom's Dominance and Caspian Supply Alternatives, Stockholm & Washington: CACI & SRSP Joint Center, 2008.

Svante E. Cornell and Kemal Kaya, "Turkey's Elections: Democratic Islamists?", SAISPHERE, December 2007.

H. M. Karaveli, "But A New Form of Kemalism would Make a Better Friend", Europe's World, Autumn 2007.

Kemal Kaya, "Turkey", in S. Frederick Starr, ed., The New Silk Roads:Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia, Stockholm & Washington: CACI & SRSP Joint Center, 2007.

Zeyno Baran, "Don't Misread Turkey's Generals", Testimony to the U.S. Senate, 30 April 2007.

Svante Cornell & Per Häggström, "EU kan driva bort Turkiet" [EU could alienate Turkey], Uppsala Nya Tidning, 18 December 2006.

Svante E. Cornell, Anna Jonsson, Niklas Nilsson and Per Häggström, The Wider Black Sea Region: An Emerging Hub in European Security, CACI & SRSP Silk Road Paper, December 2006. (120 pp)

For more publications please see our Publications section

Activities

April 1
Svante Cornell, "Keeping Turkey in the West", presentation to SAIS Advisory Council, Washington DC.

November 19, 2007
CACI Forum "Does Turkey Have a Future in Central Asia and the Caucasus?" with Zeyno Baran and Svante Cornell. Summary now online.

June 7, 2007
Turkey Forum in Stockholm on Turkey's role in European Energy Security, Prof. Mustafa Aydin, TOBB University

May 15, 2007
Turkey Forum in Stockholm on Terrorism in Turkey, Prof. Ali Caglar, Hacettepe University

May 10, 2007
Turkey Forum in Stockholm on the political developments in the Turkish presidential elections.

December 2006
Svante Cornell, "Turkey and the West", Presentation to Zbigniew Brzezinski's Monthly Current Affairs Luncheon, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, 11 December 2006.

For recent events please see our activities section

Staff:

Svante E. Cornell
Director

Halil Magnus Karaveli
Senior Fellow

Dr. M. Kemal Kaya
Nonresident Senior Fellow

Zeyno Baran
Senior Advisor

Amb. Ann Dismorr
Senior Advisor

C. Thomas Gür
Senior Advisor