Turkey
WikiLeak documents question Turkey's relationship with US
November 29, 2010U.S. diplomats have cast doubts on the reliability of NATO ally Turkey, portraying its leadership as divided and permeated by Islamists. Washington describes Ankara as a trusted ally publicly. But hundreds of thousands of State Department documents...
Geopolitical Journey, Part 3: Romania
November 18, 2010Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series of special reports that Dr. Friedman will write over the next few weeks as he travels to Turkey, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and Poland. In this series, he will share his observations of the...
Erdogan discusses missile defense with Obama ahead of NATO’s summit in Lisbon
November 16, 2010By Saban Kardas Turkey’s reserved position on the US-led missile shield ahead of NATO’s Lisbon Summit on November 19-20 continues to remain a major issue affecting Turkish-US relations. Since the US values this project as part of its overall...
EU urges Turkey to normalize relations with Cyprus
November 10, 2010In its annual progress report on countries aspiring to join the bloc, the European Union chided Ankara for failing - for another year - to normalize relations with E.U. member Cyprus. The European Union said Turkey must normalize relations with Cyprus...
STRATFOR's geopolitical journey: Part 1 and 2
November 10, 2010This is the first and second installments in a series of special reports that Dr. George Friedman (CEO and Founder of Stratfor) will write over the next few weeks as he travels to Turkey, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine and Poland. In this series, he...
Moldovan foreign ministry starts talks on visa free regime with Turkey
October 24, 2010Foreign and European Integration Ministry (MAEIE) Secretary-General Mihai Capatina today had a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Ferit Ulker to make an analysis of the juridical framework in terms of visas between Moldova and Turkey, the MAEIE...
Slow progress in Turkish-Armenian normalization
July 21, 2010by Saban Kardas Turkey’s prospective participation in a six-day NATO exercise in Armenia in September, and the informal Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Astana, reignited the debate on the stalled Turkish-Armenian...
Putin grows confident on the comeback trail
June 15, 2010by Pavel K. Baev For most of last week Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, traveled to places he knows well and feels good about –Istanbul and Paris. These were neither tourist getaways nor business trips; he had plenty of delicate high-profile political...
Bomb attack on police vehicle in Turkey wounds 15
June 08, 2010Turkish officials say 15 people have been wounded in a bomb attack on a police vehicle in Istanbul. Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency said the bomb went off Tuesday as the vehicle was traveling in the Kucukcekmece district, on the outskirts of...
Israeli raid dispute threatens to overshadow Asian security summit
June 07, 2010Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has issued an ultimatum to Israel to accept an international probe into last week's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy -- or face the prospect of drastically reduced relations. Speaking at a 20-nation Asian...