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  • Turkey’s Twitter generation is its European future
    Insight by Heather Grabbe, 19 June 2013
    Gezi park protest
  • Is Turkey our partner now?
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 28 November 2011
    Is Turkey our partner now?
  • Turkey's choice
    Opinion piece 02 June 2011
    Turkey's choice
  • Turkey and the EU: Can stalemate be avoided?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 16 December 2010

    Turkey's accession to the EU is heading for an impasse. The bulk of the membership talks are blocked. Unless there is progress over Cyprus or Nicolas Sarkozy starts welcoming Turkish membership – both unlikely prospects – the EU and Turkey will soon run out of policy chapters to negotiate.

  • Turkish politics and the fading magic of EU enlargement
    Policy brief by Sinan Ulgen, 07 September 2010

    Open hostility towards Turkish accession in some EU countries has made it hard for Turkish politicians to continue preparing the country for membership.

  • Turkey and Europe: A shifting access
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Open democracy, 14 April 2010

    The EU accession process could yet be the strongest bond that Turkey has to the west. But Ankara's other links in that direction seem to be slackening.

  • Pipeline politics: Why Nabucco is stuck
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 January 2010

    Last year, plans for the Nabucco pipeline – almost a decade in the making – appeared finally to make some headway. In March, the EU earmarked €200 million for preparatory work.
  • Can Turkey combine EU accession and regional leadership?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 25 January 2010

    The looming deadlock in Turkey's EU accession bid stands in contrast with its increasingly active role in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Some observers worry that Ankara is turning away from the West and is instead pursuing a 'neo-Ottoman' or 'Islamist' foreign policy.

  • Is Turkey Iran's friend?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 04 November 2009

    Is Turkey really Iran’s “friend”, as Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed in a recent interview with the Guardian newspaper? Erdogan’s visit last week to Tehran suggests so.
  • Turkey's future lies with Europe
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    The Guardian, 07 April 2009

    Barack Obama would not have needed to say it. The fact that he is visiting Turkey as part of a European – not a Middle Eastern – tour shows where he thinks Turkey's future lies: in the EU.
  • Why can't Europe and Turkey get along
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Time Europe, 02 April 2009

    Now that Turkey's local elections are out of the way, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is free to focus on economic and political reforms.