Tarık Oğuzlu
Biography
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Why is the Deal with Iran Good for Turkey?
The recent deal between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany) will likely augur well for Turkey. The...
Is the Zero Problems with Neighbors Policy Returning to its Factory Settings?
It seems that Turkish rulers have finally come to the conclusion that a reversion to the factory settings of the "zero problems with neighbors"...
Arab Spring and the Day After: What Went Wrong for Turkey?
Everything would have been perfect, from Turkey's perspective, if the internal chaos engulfing many Middle Eastern countries for the last three...
The Changing World Order and Turkey
In today's world, two different dynamics exist simultaneously. The challenge is to strike an optimum balance between them.
On the one hand, we ...
‘Precious Loneliness’ and Turkey's Awakening to Regional Realities
One of the consequences of the West's indifferent response to the use of brute force in the massacres committed by Syrian President Bashar...
Is Turkey Pursuing a Realist or Liberal Foreign Policy During the Course of the Arab Spring?
The developments taking place in the Middle East and North Africa over the last three years seem to have profoundly affected the foreign policies of...
The Gezi Park Protests and Their Impact on Turkey’s Soft Power Abroad
The impact of the Gezi Park protests on Turkish foreign policy will likely become a hot topic in the near future for the main reason that the way the...
Neo-Medievalism in the Middle East and the Challenges Facing Turkey
The Middle East has been taking on neo-medieval characteristics since the beginning of the popular uprisings three years ago.
In fact, this process ...
Road to Soft Power Involves Managing Diversity at Home and Abroad
For Turkey to be admired by the countries in the Middle East and to constitute a legitimate source of inspiration, it should champion the cause of...
Turkish Foreign Policy in The Middle East, Seeking Stability Through Smart Power
Despite all the arguments that the Ahmet Davutoğlu era has brought transformational dynamics to Turkish foreign policy conceptualization and ...
Turkey’s Response to the Kurdish Spring: Peace Offensive against the PKK
Despite the fact that the so-called Arab Spring has not yet produced any functioning democracies across the Middle East, the Kurds of the region seem...
Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official visit to the United States in the second half of May.
This will follow three recent visits ...
Being a Soft Power Does not Mean Having Soft Power
Recent years have seen a growing number of analysts define Turkey as a soft power foreign policy actor. This has particularly been the case since the...
EU’s Multiculturalism Challenge and Turkish Accession
The issue of Turkey’s accession to the EU poses challenges not only to Turkey’s transformation but also the EU’s evolving identity.
Just as Turkey...
Understanding Israel’s Apology
Last week saw Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologize to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the deaths of Turkish nationals ...
Why is the Deal with Iran Good for Turkey?
The recent deal between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany) will likely augur well for Turkey. The...
Is the Zero Problems with Neighbors Policy Returning to its Factory Settings?
It seems that Turkish rulers have finally come to the conclusion that a reversion to the factory settings of the "zero problems with neighbors"...
Arab Spring and the Day After: What Went Wrong for Turkey?
Everything would have been perfect, from Turkey's perspective, if the internal chaos engulfing many Middle Eastern countries for the last three...
The Changing World Order and Turkey
In today's world, two different dynamics exist simultaneously. The challenge is to strike an optimum balance between them. On the one hand, we ...
‘Precious Loneliness’ and Turkey's Awakening to Regional Realities
One of the consequences of the West's indifferent response to the use of brute force in the massacres committed by Syrian President Bashar...
Is Turkey Pursuing a Realist or Liberal Foreign Policy During the Course of the Arab Spring?
The developments taking place in the Middle East and North Africa over the last three years seem to have profoundly affected the foreign policies of...
The Gezi Park Protests and Their Impact on Turkey’s Soft Power Abroad
The impact of the Gezi Park protests on Turkish foreign policy will likely become a hot topic in the near future for the main reason that the way the...
Neo-Medievalism in the Middle East and the Challenges Facing Turkey
The Middle East has been taking on neo-medieval characteristics since the beginning of the popular uprisings three years ago. In fact, this process ...
Road to Soft Power Involves Managing Diversity at Home and Abroad
For Turkey to be admired by the countries in the Middle East and to constitute a legitimate source of inspiration, it should champion the cause of...
Turkish Foreign Policy in The Middle East, Seeking Stability Through Smart Power
Despite all the arguments that the Ahmet Davutoğlu era has brought transformational dynamics to Turkish foreign policy conceptualization and ...
Turkey’s Response to the Kurdish Spring: Peace Offensive against the PKK
Despite the fact that the so-called Arab Spring has not yet produced any functioning democracies across the Middle East, the Kurds of the region seem...
Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official visit to the United States in the second half of May. This will follow three recent visits ...
Being a Soft Power Does not Mean Having Soft Power
Recent years have seen a growing number of analysts define Turkey as a soft power foreign policy actor. This has particularly been the case since the...
EU’s Multiculturalism Challenge and Turkish Accession
The issue of Turkey’s accession to the EU poses challenges not only to Turkey’s transformation but also the EU’s evolving identity. Just as Turkey...