May 17, 2012
Hugh Pope
Fellowship
- Status
- Past Fellow
- Year
- 2010
Biography
- Biography
Hugh Pope is since 2007 the Turkey/Cyprus Project Director for International Crisis Group, the conflict-prevention organization. Based in Istanbul, he writes reports on EU-Turkey relations, Cyprus and Turkey’s ties with its neighbors. Pope was previously a foreign correspondent for 25 years, most recently spending a decade as a Turkey, Middle East and Central Asia Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Pope received a B.A. in Oriental Studies (Persian and Arabic) from Oxford University. Mr. Pope has written TURKEY UNVEILED: a History of Modern Turkey (London 1997, a New York Times "notable book"), and SONS OF THE CONQUERORS: the Rise of the Turkic world (New York 2005, an Economist magazine "book of the year"). His forthcoming book, DINING WITH AL-QAEDA: Three Decades Exploring the Many Worlds of the Middle East will be published in March 2010 (New York: Thomas Dunne/St Martins Press).
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