Is Time Running Out on Cyprus Reunification?
By Gareth H. Jenkins (vol. 3, no. 2 of the Turkey Analyst)
Time appears to be running out for a successful conclusion of the latest UN-sponsored negotiations to reunite the divided island of Cyprus. Although representatives of the two communities began intensified talks on January 11, 2010, the impending presidential elections in the Turkish Cypriot north of the island are expected to force a break in the negotiating process. More ominously, if – as currently seems likely – the incumbent Mehmet Ali Talat is replaced by the more hawkish Dervis Eroğlu, the prospects of a settlement are likely to recede considerably.
As Dogan Yields, Turkish Media Freedom Plummets
By Svante E. Cornell (vol. 3, no. 1 of the Turkey Analyst)
Turkey and Russia Deepen Energy Partnership
By Richard Weitz (vol. 3, no. 1 of the Turkey Analyst)
Could Turkey's "Glasnost" Establish Equality as the Founding Principle of the State?
By Halil M. Karaveli (vol. 2, no. 23 of the Turkey Analyst)
With its policies of a “democratic opening”, the AKP government has embarked on an enterprise that ultimately challenges the core identity of the republic as a specifically Turkish state. The revulsion that the notion of putting Turkishness on an equal footing with the other identities of society is eliciting suggests that it may, once again, prove difficult to find a liberal way out of the perennial dilemma of Turkey – to establish a secure foundation for the state in a setting of societal heterogeneity.
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