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2010

Vol. 3 no. 4, 1 March 2010

Waiting for Basbug: The Aftermath of the Sledgehammer Operation Detentions
Gareth H. Jenkins

Will the Reversal of the Regime of Military Tutelage Encourage a Reinvention of Turkey's Secular Camp?
Halil M. Karaveli

Vol. 3 no. 3, 17 February 2010

Turkey's Position between Iran and the West is Proving Increasingly Difficult to Sustain
M. K. Kaya and Halil M. Karaveli

Turkey's Efforts to Support Afghanistan's Reconstruction
Richard Weitz

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Vol. 3 no. 2, 1 February 2010

Though Military is Marginalized, Turkey's Liberalization Remains Elusive
Halil M. Karaveli

Is Time Running Out on Cyprus Reunification?
Gareth Jenkins

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Vol. 3 no. 1, 18 January 2010

As Dogan Yields, Turkish Media Freedom Plummets
Svante E. Cornell

Turkey and Russia Deepen Energy Partnership
Richard Weitz

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2009

Vol. 2 no. 23, 21 December 2009

After the DTP Closure: From Dialogue to Monologue?
Gareth H. Jenkins

Could Turkey's "Glasnost" Establish Equality as the Founding Principle of the State?
Halil M. Karaveli

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Vol. 2 no. 22, 7 December 2009

Not Yet Lost: Turkey's Foreign Policy and the West
Hüseyin Bağcı

Demographics Account for Turkey's Growing Clout
Rafis Abazov

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Vol. 2 no. 21, 23 November 2009

The AKP, Seeking to Reinvent Turkey, is Forced to Tread Carefully
M. K. Kaya

Vol. 2 no. 20, 9 November 2009

Turkey and the IMF: What Delays the Deal?
Joris Gjata

Vol. 2 no. 19, 26 October 2009

Is the Turkish-Israeli Alliance Over?
Barry Rubin

Vol. 2 no. 18, 12 October 2009

Rhetoric and Reality: The AKP's Liberal Vision
Halil M. Karaveli

The "Eastern Dimension" in Turkish Foreign Policy Grows
M. K. Kaya

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Vol. 2 no. 17, 28 September 2009

Third Ergenekon Indictment Reinforces Concerns about Turkish Judicial System
Gareth H. Jenkins

A Growing Convergence of Perception: The Military and the AKP
Halil M. Karaveli

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Vol. 2. no 16, 14 September 2009

Fusing Statism and Religious Conservatism: Is the AKP Introducing a More Formidable Version of Semi-Authoritarianism?
Halil M. Karaveli

Normalizing Turkish-Armenian Ties: Will Davutoglu's Gamble Pay Off?
Svante E. Cornell and M. K. Kaya

Vol. 2 no. 15, 31 August 2009 Issue

Turkey and the EU: How to Save the Day Before December
Gareth Jenkins

Turkish Government Evades Confronting Structural Problems
M. K. Kaya

Vol. 2 no. 14, 17 August 2009 Issue

After Putin Visit, Turkish-Russian Ties Set to Develop Further
M.K. Kaya

Ankara's New 'Kurdish Opening': Narrow Room for Maneuver
Halil M. Karaveli

Vol. 2 no. 13, 3 July 2009 Issue

Growing Intolerance threatens Turkey's National Cohesion
Halil M. Karaveli

America's Withdrawal from Iraq: Implications for the Kurdish Issue in Iraq and Turkey
Tülin Daloglu

Vol 2. no 12, 19 June 2009 Issue

General Staff Wages Two-Front Battle, Against Coup Plotters and Gülenists
Halil M. Karaveli

Iranian Crisis Catches Turkish Government Off Guard
Svante E. Cornell

Vol. 2 no. 11, 5 June 2009 Issue

Vision or Illusion? Ahmet Davutoglu's State of Harmony in Regional Relations
M. K. Kaya and Halil M. Karaveli

Turkish-American Relations: Easing Relations, Uncertain Future
Tülin Daloğlu


Vol. 2 no. 10, May 22, 2009 Issue

Süleyman Demirel's Odyssey from Conservatism to Secularism
Halil M. Karaveli

Ankara's Growing Realism on the Nabucco Project
M.K. Kaya and Svante E. Cornell

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Vol. 2 no. 9, May 8, 2009, Issue

The AKP Reasserts its Conservative Core with Cabinet Reshuffle
M.K. Kaya

Turkey's Liberals, Religious Conservatism, and Kemalism
Halil M. Karaveli

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Vol. 2 no. 8, April 24, 2009 Issue

The Power of the Gülen Movement Causes Concern after New Arrests in the Ergenekon Case
Halil M. Karaveli

The AKP's Foreign Policy: The Misnomer of "Neo-Ottomanism"
Soner Çağaptay

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Vol. 2 no. 7, April 10, 2009 Issue

Local Election Results Reveal a Fractured Turkey
M. K. Kaya and Halil M. Karaveli

Erdogan, Azerbaijan and the Armenian Question
Svante E. Cornell

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Vol. 2, no 6, March 27, 2009 Issue

Turkish President's Iraq Visit Marks Thaw in Turkish-Iraqi Relations
M. K. Kaya

Government's Struggle for Hegemony Fuels Doubts about the AKP's Democratic Values
Orhan Bursali

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Vol. 2 no. 5, March 13, 2009, Issue

Government Pride and Populism Threaten to deepen Recession in Turkey
Gareth Jenkins

Turkey's Ambiguous Role as a Bridge between the West and the Muslim World
M. K. Kaya and Halil M. Karaveli

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Vol. 2. no. 4, February 27, 2009 Issue

Islamic-Western Embrace Fuels Eurasianism in Turkish Military
Halil M. Karaveli

The Decline of Freedom of Expression in Turkey
Tülin Daloğlu

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Vol. 2 no. 3, February 13, 2009 Issue

The Politics of Personality: Erdogan's Irascible Authoritarianism
Gareth Jenkins

The MHP's Turkish-Islamic Synthesis Could Challenge the AKP's Hegemony
M.K. Kaya and Halil M. Karaveli

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Vol. 2 no. 2, January 30, 2009 Issue

The AKP Reaffirms Committment to the EU Process
M.K. Kaya

Turkish Society Increasingly Marked by Intolerance toward "the Other"
Halil M. Karaveli

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Vol. 2, no. 1, January 16, 2009 Issue

Turkey Divided over Meaning of Ergenekon Investigation
Halil N. Karaveli

Ankara and the Crisis in the Middle East: Domestic Considerations
M. K. Kaya

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December 19, 2008 Issue

Turkish Liberals Disenchanted with AKP, but Soul-Searching Has Yet to Come
Halil M. Karaveli

Regeneration of Traditional Islamists Challenges the Political System
M. K. Kaya

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December 5, 2008 Issue

Turkey on the Brink of Economic Crisis
M.K. Kaya

The CHP's Overture to Conservatism: Toward a Re-Arranged Political Landscape?
Halil M. Karaveli

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November 21, 2008 Issue

The Season of the AKP's Disorientation
Haluk Sahin

Kurdish Problem Forces Erdogan to Shift to the Right
M. K. Kaya

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November 7, 2008 Issue

Turkey in the Security Council: What Role Could It Play?
M. K. Kaya

Interview with Metin Heper

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October 24, 2008 Issue

Turkish Constitutional Court Sets Framework for Politics
By Svante E. Cornell

Ergenekon Trial: Breaking with the Deep State Past, or Are the Tables Simply Turned?
By Halil Magnus Karaveli

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October 10, 2008 Issue

PKK Provokes Rise of Ethnic Turkish Nationalism
By Halil Magnus Karaveli

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September 26, 2008 Issue

Turkish Political Corruption: The AKP, Too?
By M.K. Kaya

Revamped CHP Catches the AKP Off Balance
By Halil Magnus Karaveli

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September 12, 2008 Issue

In the shadow of Kenan Evren
By Halil Magnus Karaveli

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August 29, 2008 Issue

Turkish Military and Islamists Reconciled?
By Halil Magnus Karaveli

Turkey and the Georgian War: A Bungled Initiative
By M.K. Kaya and Svante E. Cornell

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July 18, 2008 Issue

Is a Secular Center-Right Viable?
Finding a Place: the PKK's Efforts to Remain Relevant

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July 4, 2008 Issue (Click HERE for PDF)
- The Turkish Military's Puzzling Silence

June 20, 2008 Issue (Click HERE for PDF)
- Interview with Suleyman Demirel
- What Went Wrong with Turkey's Moderate Islamists?

June 4, 2008 Issue (Click HERE for PDF)
- Politics, Media and Power
- Where Did the Secular Republic Fail?

May 21, 2008 issue (Click HERE for PDF)
- Redefining Secularism? AKP Challenges Turks' Modern Religiosity

May 8, 2008 issue
- The CHP Congress, Leeadership Cults, and Turkish Democracy

April 23, 2008 issue (Click HERE for PDF)
- Will Clinging to Atatürk and the EU save the AKP?
- Turkey's Energy Policy between Political Crises

April 9, 2008 issue: (Click HERE for PDF)
- What animates Turkey's secular opposition?
- Turkey and the EU: Beyond the Cyprus Imbroglio

March 26, 2008 issue: (Click HERE for PDF)
- Challenging Times for Turkey's Democracy
- Foreign Policy Implications of the Turkish Crisis

March 12, 2008 issue:
- Erdogan's Towering Role in the AKP

February 22, 2008 issue:
- Turkey in 2007: Key Developments
- Can Turkey's Regime Crisis be Diffused?

The Turkey Analyst
The Turkey Analyst is a publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center, designed to bring authoritative analysis and news on the rapidly developing domestic and foreign policy issues in Turkey. It is published weekly, and includes a topical analysis, as well as translations and summaries of selected Turkish news reports. It is edited and compiled under the supervision of Svante E. Cornell, Halil M. Karaveli, and M. K. Kaya.

The analyses appearing in the Turkey Analyst are unsigned, being the consensus view of the three Editors. The Turkey Analyst occasionally publishes signed guest analyses, which are normally solicited.

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The Joint Center launched a Turkey Initiative in 2006 in order to improve understand of Turkish domestic and foreign affairs in Europe and the United States.

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