Turkey’s position, in this respect, will have decisive impact on regional power balances between Turkey, Iran and Arab world in post-Arab Spring period.
SETA PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Talip Kucukcan, SETA Panelists: Taha Özhan, SETA, President Bill Park, Kings College London Mohammed Ayoob,Michigan State University Date: October 13, 2011 Thursday Venue: SETA, Ankara Hall
Arab Spring has placed Turkey’s proactive Middle East policy at the top of international attention once again.
In the past decade, Turkey moved towards more domestic democracy - while its neighbourhood changed in fundamental ways.
Critics say Turkey's Syria policy doesn't work because Assad is not reforming but the critics are wrong.