http://www.turksam.org/ Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis We have been a country and a society busy with terrorism and separatism actively for 30 years and for the last two hundred years in various means. Insurgences in the Ottoman Empire and the separatist, ethnic terrorism that had started especially in the Balkans had taken many lives and the state had established a defense mechanism against these activities. http://www.turksam.org/en/a272.html Sinan OĞAN Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.turksam.org/en/a271.html Gözde KILIÇ YAŞIN Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT I would like to think so, but it is not too easy. Israel in the Middle East and Armenia in the South Caucasus are far from peace. Both regions have serious problems in this respect. The settlement of these problems anytime soon is considered impossible. However, it is easier to settle problems in the Caucasus than in the Middle East. Peace in the Caucasus can be achieved if both parties want it. Turkey’s unilateral efforts are insufficient. It requires Israel in the Middle East and Armenia in the Caucasus to take steps to achieve peace. http://www.turksam.org/en/a270.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT In early April 2009, USA new president Barack Obama had visited firstly London because of the G-20 summit and then Strasburg and Kehl for the 60th anniversary of the NATO, after that, with EU term president visited Prague Czech Republic for the EU-US Consultation. http://www.turksam.org/en/a269.html Doç. Dr. Celalettin Yavuz Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan, during an interview in Canada last week said that ‘one of NATO’s most important goals was fighting against terrorism’. Since ‘Turkey was a country that fights against terrorism’, NATO members should ‘replicate their cooperation in Afghanistan in other regions and lend their support to this fight’ he said. http://www.turksam.org/en/a268.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT While an enormous action continue in Turkish foreign policy, significant and unusual developments are being experienced in Nagorno-Karabakh case. But, where Ankara stands in these developments in Karabakh and to what extent follows these developments? http://www.turksam.org/en/a267.html Sinan OĞAN Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Whenever Turkey develops its relations with the neighbouring Middle Eastern states a discourse on an axis shift is being pronounced. That means an impression that Turkey will form an alliance with Middle Eastern states instead of the western alliance which occasionally confronts with Middle East is wanted to be formed, or Turkey is accused with doing so… http://www.turksam.org/en/a265.html Doç. Dr. Celalettin Yavuz Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Turkey may be shifting its axis away from the West, but it is not moving far enough East to encompass the growing importance of – or affect the current turmoil in – Central Asia, regional experts say. Observers criticize Ankara's 'indifference' to the ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan, saying the government is too preoccupied with issues in Iran and Israel http://www.turksam.org/en/a266.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT The incidents in Kyrgyzstan are beyond the extent of a tragedy and have reached to a level of genocide. Civil war carries the risk of spreading to the area of Kyrgyzstan and especially to the capital city Bishkek and also to the whole region including Uzbekistan. An authority having both the capability and the intention to cease this situation does not exist at all. http://www.turksam.org/en/a264.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT In fact, the astonishing and illegal armed intervention at 31 May 2010 on Gaza Humanitarian Aid Convoy for some reason, attempts to render a Turkish-Israeli conflict. In my opinion, it is more of an insult against the UN, in other words, to the whole world, to all the NGO’s than Turkey. What makes Turkey special in this case is the presence of Islamist oriented Turkish NGO’s. http://www.turksam.org/en/a263.html Doç. Dr. Celalettin Yavuz Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT The campaign ‘Palestine our route humanitarian aid our load’ organized by Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) was exposed to an Israeli attack. The severe interference and the loss of more than 10 lives and Turkey’s encounter with a serious crisis require a calm analysis of the incident. http://www.turksam.org/en/a262.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT The prolonged matter of Iran nuclear fuel swap is solved “for the moment”. After the lasting negotiations and bartering, Iran agreed to send a letter describing the deal to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within a week. Iran was convinced after the broad-based “wise” sanctions to be issued against the country in the last month’s Nuclear Security Summit due to the intensified efforts of UN Security Council http://www.turksam.org/en/a261.html Sinan OĞAN Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Director of Turkish Centre for International Relations and Strategic Analysis Sinan Ogan’s answers to ValdaiClub.com questions. http://www.turksam.org/en/a260.html Sinan OĞAN Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The government of Justice and Progress Party has not worked proper calculations out on two things to bring “Armenian Rapprochement” in. The former, the size of coming reactions from the public opinion and government of Azerbaijan on the subject of openning the borders with Armenia and secondly, the sensitivity of Azerbaijan case on Turkish public opinion. http://www.turksam.org/en/a259.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT While the Nuclear Security Submit is drawing to an end, the leaders of 47 attended countries and UN, International Atom Energy Agency (IAEA) and European Union accorded on the plan which includes four articles about counter measures to acquisation of all the nucklear items by terrorist organisations. http://www.turksam.org/en/a258.html Dr. Serdar Erdurmaz Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Firstly, neither the Turkish Cypriots nor Turkey have caused the emergence of the Cyprus problem. It has been the outcome of statements, policies, violent acts and adventurous initiatives manifesting the aspiration to annex the island of Cyprus to a country which today is a member of the EU. http://www.turksam.org/en/a257.html Büyükelçi (E) Tugay Uluçevik Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nagorno Karabakh problem was discussed by free sides and OSCE Minsk Group initiatives in 2009. It could be effected by external political issues that key actor Armenia wasn’t in. If we classify generally, protocol acts of Turkey and meetings of Minsk Group declared this problem again to solve with common consensus. http://www.turksam.org/en/a256.html TÜRKSAM Temmuz Dönemi Stajyeri Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT This international political research aims at an outlook to changeable regional conditions in South Caucasus by Iran. Today there are too many regional and ethnic conflicts in the world. One of the well known conflict is the Nagorno Karabakh problem in Caucasus region. It was born as territorial problem between Armenian and Azerbaijani people at the last time of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) period. http://www.turksam.org/en/a255.html TÜRKSAM Temmuz Dönemi Stajyeri Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT When we look at the geography in which Turkey is located in, it is seen that the region is extremely rich in terms of energy resources. However, Turkey is not a rich country on the energy issues. While comparing to neighboring countries, Turkey is considered as not a rich country in terms of energy production. At this time emerging the question “how Turkey may contribute to the energy security“. Today it is known that `just possessing the energy sources` is not enough. Safe ways of energy supply to the http://www.turksam.org/en/a254.html Sinan OĞAN Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A misconceived engagement with Armenia has boomeranged beyond diplomacy to impact Turkey’s energy policy. The developments so far are already worrying, and further negative consequences may follow. Turkey’s energy policy is held hostage, and the culprit is a short-sighted Armenia rapprochement that has ignored Azerbaijan’s legitimate concerns on Nagorno-Karabakh. http://www.turksam.org/en/a253.html Ferruh Demirmen Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT