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A Place in the Sun or 15 Minutes of Fame? Understanding Turkey’s New Foreign Policy

Wed. December 15th, 2010
Paris

IMGXYZ2806IMGZYXAnkara’s new diplomatic activism represents a significant transformation of Turkish foreign policy as the country tries to position itself as a strong regional player. However, some of Turkey’s new foreign policy choices, in particular its diplomatic outreach to Iran and Syria, harsh policy toward Israel, and engagement with Hamas, have created frictions in the relationships with its traditional allies in the West.

What lies behind Turkey’s new foreign policy choices, and what are the implications of these for its relationships with Europe and the United States? Is this more assertive foreign policy sustainable in the long-term or is it merely a transitory phenomenon?

At an event jointly hosted by the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) in Paris and Carnegie Europe, Carnegie’s Sinan Ülgen discussed the findings of his latest paper, A Place in the Sun or 15 Minutes of Fame? Understanding Turkey’s New Foreign Policy. He was joined by CERI’s Riva Kastoryano. CERI’s Ewa Kulesza moderated.
 

Middle EastEuropeTürkiye
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event speakers

Riva Kastoryano

Ewa Kulesza

Sinan Ülgen

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Sinan Ülgen is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, transatlantic relations, international trade, economic security, and digital policy.