May 17, 2012
Event: "Turkey and Its Neighbors" A Book by the Transatlantic Academy 2009/2010 Fellows
On Thursday, December 1, 2011 The Transatlatnic Academy held a discussion to celebrate the release of "Turkey and Its Neighbors," a book written by the 2009/2010 TA Fellowship Group.
Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a regional power has been in the making for the last decade, but has become more apparent and fully crystallized in the wake of the “Arab Awakenings” this year. Turkey traditionally has selectively engaged with its neighbors and earned a reputation as being a pragmatic yet aloof actor in the Middle East. Despite the successes of AKP foreign policy in the last decade in opening new markets and expanding into its neighborhood through a policy of “zero problems with neighbors,” the Arab spring of 2011 has forced Ankara to confront the new realities of its neighborhood.
TURKEY AND ITS NEIGHBORS
Thursday, December 1, 2011
5:00 pm – 6:30
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Speakers:
Ahmet Evin, Founding Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University
Kemal Kirisci, Professor of International Relations, Bogazici University
Joshua Walker, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund
Moderator:
Nicholas Siegel, Program Officer, Transatlantic Academy
Discussant:
Nora Fisher Onar, Assistant Professor, Bahcesehir University
Location: The German Marshall Fund of the United States
1744 R Street, NW, Washington, DC
