Category Archives: Turkey

New Politics (as usual?)

Posted on September 11, 2017 by aaronstein1

After a lengthy hiatus, the Turkey Wonk podcast is back. In the inaugural episode, Aaron speaks with Laura Pitel, an Ankara-based journalist. The conversation touched on all things Turkish politics since the April referendum and the current state of affairs … Continue reading →

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The HQ-9: Dissecting Turkey’s Missile Defense Decision

Posted on July 2, 2013 by aaronstein1

Burak Bekdil, Turkey’s defense corespondent for Hurriyet Daily News and Jane’s Defence Weekly, reports that Turkey is “is strongly leaning toward adopting a Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defense system.” The HQ-9 missile system is reportedly based on and has … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night in Taksim: Pictures from #Occupygezi

Posted on June 9, 2013 by aaronstein1

Below, please find some pictures I took during my two hour self-guided tour of the events in Taksim. Please enjoy and keep in mind that I am not a very good photographer. 

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#OccupyGezi: My Outside Publications

Posted on June 5, 2013 by aaronstein1

On 7 June, I published a piece about the Gul-Erdogan tug of war and the risk of AKP polarization for Foreign Policy. Feel free to read here. On 5 June, I published a piece about Erdogan’s rhetoric for the Royal … Continue reading →

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Occupy Gezi Pics

Posted on June 3, 2013 by aaronstein1

 

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Guest Post: The EU Arms Embargo and the Syrian Conflict

Posted on May 29, 2013 by aaronstein1

As the debate about whether to arm the rebels continues, scant attention has been paid to whether or not such a policy is legal under international law. I have asked Jamie Walsh – a Ph.D candidate at University College Cork, where … Continue reading →

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Alcohol and Export Controls: Turkey Moves in Slow Motion

Posted on May 27, 2013 by aaronstein1

On 10 May 2013 the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted a draft law to Parliament with strengthened provisions against the sale of alcohol in Turkey. After two weeks of debate, the Parliament passed the bill and sent it … Continue reading →

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Explaining Turkish Nuclear Decision-Making: The Origins of Sinop

Posted on May 5, 2013 by aaronstein1

Last week, Turkey and Japan signed an agreement to begin exclusive negotiations for the construction of a nuclear power plant at the Sinop site on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The agreement follows the 2010 agreement with Russia’s Rosatom for the … Continue reading →

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Evaluating Turkey’s Missile Defense Plans

Posted on April 1, 2013 by aaronstein1

In January 2013, Lale Sariibrahimoglu and Nicholas de Larrinaga reported: Turkey has decided to abandon its plans to buy an off-the-shelf system for its T-Loramids surface-to-air missile (SAM) programme and is now seeking to co-develop a SAM system instead. Local … Continue reading →

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Passive Defense: The Questions Turks Should be Asking about Patriot

Posted on March 7, 2013 by aaronstein1

Yesterday, I summarized an article I co-authored with Shashank Joshi – a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute- about the Patriot missile system and Turkey’s Syria policy. If you missed yesterday’s post, click here. In general, Shashank and … Continue reading →

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