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Friday, 16 March 2007
Transformation in Turkey
Is Turkey going through a transformation? Suat Kiniklioglu, executive director of the German Marshall Fund’s new office in Ankara, thinks so.
In a recent article "History in the Making: Transformation in Turkey" he points out that Turkey is facing new trends such as Change of elites, New understanding of foreign policy and a distinct sense of frustration concerning the US policy in Iraq.
He concludes that:
"despite these three major trends there is a positive emerging and that is Turkey is normalizing both domestically and regionally. The decades-old anomaly of Turkey turning its back to the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Mediterranean and the Balkans has come to an end. Turkey is gradually normalizing with these regions, trading with them and deepening its political dialogue. Should current trends continue, Turkey is destined to become a regional hegemon."
In a recent article "History in the Making: Transformation in Turkey" he points out that Turkey is facing new trends such as Change of elites, New understanding of foreign policy and a distinct sense of frustration concerning the US policy in Iraq.
He concludes that:
"despite these three major trends there is a positive emerging and that is Turkey is normalizing both domestically and regionally. The decades-old anomaly of Turkey turning its back to the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Mediterranean and the Balkans has come to an end. Turkey is gradually normalizing with these regions, trading with them and deepening its political dialogue. Should current trends continue, Turkey is destined to become a regional hegemon."
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