Turkey after the Elections: Identity, Democracy and Foreign Policy
Turkey has had two important elections in 2014 and general elections are expected in June 2015. Turkey’s long time Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan is now the first popularly elected president in the country’s history. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu has replaced him as head of the ruling AK Party and Prime Minister. Prime Minister Davutoğlu has set targets for substantial developments in political, economic and foreign policy realms. There are a number of critical issues in Turkey’s domestic political sphere. In addition, pressing events in the region may force Turkey to take action outside its borders. This panel will address Turkey’s current domestic and foreign policy challenges in this wider context.
This event serves as the launch of the new series "Turkey Papers," a joint publication of the Wilson Center's Global Europe Program and the Istanbul Policy Center. A brief reception will follow.
This event is co-sponsored by the Middle East Program.
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Speakers
Woodrow Wilson Center
Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe”—an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more
Middle East Program
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