European Perceptions of Turkish Foreign Policy

The study aims to analyze European elites’ perceptions of Turkish Foreign Policy under AK Party period.


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European Perceptions of Turkish Foreign Policy
European Perceptions of Turkish Foreign Policy

European Perceptions of Turkish Foreign Policy

SETA PANEL Moderator: Taha Özhan, SETA President Speakers: Müjge KüçükkeleÅŸ, SETA, Research Assistant Talip Küçükcan, Director, SETA Foreign Policy Research Egemen Bağış, Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator  Date/Time: May 10, 2012, THURSDAY 11:00-12:30  Venue: SETA Ankara room, ANKARA


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Syria has become one of the few friends Iran has left, after it was blatantly sanctioned by the West, the U.S and other states in the region after the Islamic revolution.

Russia’s future in the Middle East fares no better than the al-Assad regime in which Russia had been investing.

SETA PANEL   Oturum BaÅŸkanı:     Talip Küçükcan, SETA    KonuÅŸmacılar:    Walid Saffour, Suriye  Ä°nsan Hakları Komitesi (SHRC) BaÅŸkanı    Nadim Houry, Ä°HÄ°Ö BaÅŸkan Yrdc. ve OrtadoÄŸu ve Kuzey Afrika Sorumlusu    Cengiz Çandar, Radikal Gazetesi Yazarı    Tarih: 26 Nisan 2012 PerÅŸembe  Saat: 11.00-13.00  Yer: SETA, Ankara Salonu

Egypt has been focused on one issue alone since the overthrow of Mubarak. The subject of the main discussions going on for months now is the elections. 

Syrian Myths and Clichés

Israel wants regime change in Syria, as much as it wanted a change in Egypt, the heart of the Camp David order, of which the Syrian regime is branch.


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Syrian Myths and Clichà s
Quo Vadis Regional Perspectives on the Syrian Crisis

Quo Vadis?: Regional Perspectives on the Syrian Crisis

Moderator: Taha Özhan, President of SETA Foundation    Panelists: Besma Kodmani, Syrian National Council Veniamin Popov, Moscow State Institute of International Relations Kayhan Barzegar, Center for Strategic Research, Iran Basheer Nafi, Al Jazeera Center for Studies  Date/Time: April 3rd, 2012, TUESDAY 10:00-12:00  Venue: SETA Ankara room, ANKARA


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The study addresses the League’s policy proposals, decisions, and reactions regarding the Syrian crisis and con­centrates on what these all policy measures mean for the League as a regional organization. 

While Turkey kept its distance from the countries in the region, Western countries, notably the U.S., shaped the Middle East.

What the Syrian regime fails to see is that this space carved between the political occupations of 2012 and geopolitical balances is about to expire.

Intelligence as an occupation has its own set of rules, procedures and ethics.