The Fall of Ikhwan and the Future of Ennahda
What does Ennahda movement do in order not to share the same fate with the Morsi administration in Egypt and what are the difficulties it comes across?
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The Human Cost: Syria in Crisis and Human Rights
This is a complex conflict; it is not simply black and white. In order to fully understand what is happening in Syria, every aspect of the conflict must be considered including the actors both inside and outside the state.
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The Islamist identity of Morsi and his party seems to be the major reason for the reticence of the international community and media in defining this coup a coup!
Now it is time to adopt a calmer approach while analyzing the Gezi Park protests. Since the beginning of the protests, not only the composition but also the motive and aim of the protesters have gradually changed.
It is certain that the character assassination targeting PM Erdoğan through the Gezi Park protests does not expect to reach a conclusion right now. The aim of the character assassination is to obliterate Erdoğans decision-making capacity by 2015. At this point, Erdoğans leadership test begins.
Despite its poor crisis management performance, the Erdogan administration now has a roadmap for building up a consolidated democracy atop an already flourishing economy.
Turkey, the US and the Syrian Crisis
Turkey is the only actor that stands to spoil the neo Sykes-Picot. It appears that it will be impossible for al-Assad to regain his power in Syria as long as Turkey maintains its position.
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Economy and the Resolution Process
The economic transformation in the region will enable effective use of regional resources and ensure sustainable peace and environment of trust.
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With the occupation in Iraq, the primitive Middle Eastern eco-system, and with the Arab revolts, the Camp David order collapsed. The new regional order is being rapidly shaped by the new actors at the cost of the century-old status quo.
The messages coming from the Imrali during the solution process reflect the efforts for creating a new conceptual frame to settle in the legitimate-center.
Criticisms and debates on Turkish foreign policy are embroiled in domestic polemics while regional and global variables are ignored.
We will continue to witness a U.S. policy striving to adjust to the process in Syria. Nevertheless, this policy is not one that is pregnant with revolutionary turning points!
“Should al-Assad step down, disaster will ensue.” This assumption not only asserts that a region with al-Assad is possible, but it insists that it would in fact be better. Is that really so?
SETA PANEL Oturum Başkanı: Talip Küçükcan, SETA Konuşmacılar: Walid Saffour, Suriye İnsan Hakları Komitesi (SHRC) Başkanı Nadim Houry, İHİÖ Başkan Yrdc. ve Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika Sorumlusu Cengiz Çandar, Radikal Gazetesi Yazarı Tarih: 26 Nisan 2012 Perşembe Saat: 11.00-13.00 Yer: SETA, Ankara Salonu
While Turkey kept its distance from the countries in the region, Western countries, notably the U.S., shaped the Middle East.
Özhan: In the aftermath of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, actors in the region started to identify themselves with ethnic and sectarian differences and rights. Developments in the region do not bode well. However, Turkey insistently supports democracy.
The “New Egypt” will be shaped to a great extent by a “negotiation” process between the army and the political actors in opposition. It is likely that Egypt’s transition to democracy will be a long and difficult process.
The wave of uprisings that spread through North Africa, and the Middle East have brought our region to an interesting junction in terms of the proxy wars.
SETA Panel brought two distinguished speakers together to discuss Turkish-Tunisian relations, as well as the recent developments in the Middle East and the North Africa: Foreign Affairs Minister of Tunisia Rafik Abdessalem and Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Turkish foreign policy has entered a new phase, and it is highly possible that this phase will prove to be a breaking point.
