If TANAP and Turkish Stream successfully create the expected synergy, Turkey will become both a regional energy hub and a major player in global energy diplomacy.
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Simply being anti-Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot account for the toxic blend of anger and disempowerment that those who expect so-called social explosions, such as the Gezi Park protests, in the new year.
MoreThe business elite in TÜSİAD circles never saw the AK Party governments as a natural partner with whom they could forge a long-term and strategic developmental alliance.
This is not about to listen to, or understand, what Davutoğlu says. This is about defining and positioning a speculative other, the AK Party.
In democratic regimes, how do political parties and leaders with prolonged tenures shelter themselves from the devastating effects of governing?
Turkey has to operationalize the structural transformation package in a similar way to mobilize unused or misused national capacities for economic growth and wider development.
Turkish economy is still in the process of rehabilitation from the structural damage of politically motivated judicial operations on Dec. 17 and Dec. 25 of last year against the incumbent AK Party government.
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Having successfully overcome internal and external crises in its first decade in power, the AK Party must now prepare for coming challenges while keeping its legacy in mind.
For emerging powers such as Turkey, the prospect of overcoming the "middle-income trap" is dependent upon developing a robust national base for research and development, innovation and technology transfer.
Turkey could be very active in pushing for a better deal from the IMF and the World Trade Organization (WTO) for developing countries in the context of crisis prevention strategies and the advancement of the Doha Development Agenda.
The New Turkey project that is at the center of Erdoğans reform is comprised of three factors: independence, democracy and development.