turkey on our minds and in our classrooms - World Affairs Council
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TURKISH POLITICS AND ECONOMICS<br />
Spiegel: Turkey’s Three Gorges- Envir<strong>on</strong>mentalists Accuse Ankara of Early Start <strong>on</strong> Megadam<br />
(12/04/08)<br />
http://www.spiegel.de/<strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al/world/0,1518,594405,00.html<br />
Turkey's Ilisu dam project <strong>in</strong> ancient Mesopotamia was already c<strong>on</strong>troversial due to the cultural sites it<br />
would flood. Now, though, envir<strong>on</strong>mentalists say c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> has g<strong>on</strong>e ahead <strong>in</strong> violati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s set by project-backers Germany, Austria <strong>and</strong> Switzerl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Energy <strong>and</strong> Turkey’s Foreign Policy: State Strategy, Regi<strong>on</strong>al Cooperati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Private Sector<br />
Involvement<br />
http://www.turkishpolicy.com/dosyalar/files/81-92.pdf<br />
This article def<strong>in</strong>es Turkey’s energy visi<strong>on</strong> with regard to its foreign policy. Turkey wants to take<br />
advantage of its geographic locati<strong>on</strong>, <strong>and</strong> is launch<strong>in</strong>g an energy agenda that requires new pipel<strong>in</strong>es,<br />
regi<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> massive <strong>in</strong>vestments. As the article shows, the <strong>in</strong>teracti<strong>on</strong> between state<br />
strategy, regi<strong>on</strong>al cooperati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> private sector <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>in</strong> the energy sector str<strong>on</strong>gly affects the<br />
shift <strong>in</strong> Turkish foreign policy.<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Cycles <strong>in</strong> Turkey <strong>and</strong> the European Uni<strong>on</strong> Countries<br />
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~berument/jec02.pdf<br />
This article assesses how the bus<strong>in</strong>ess cycles <strong>in</strong> Turkey co<strong>in</strong>cide with the bus<strong>in</strong>ess cycles of member <strong>and</strong><br />
c<strong>and</strong>idate countries of the European Uni<strong>on</strong>… The evidence provided <strong>in</strong> the paper suggests that…<br />
policies enhanc<strong>in</strong>g the macroec<strong>on</strong>omic stability <strong>and</strong> prevent<strong>in</strong>g crises are crucial for healthier<br />
synchr<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong> of the Turkish ec<strong>on</strong>omy with its EU counterparts.<br />
Parliament of Turkey<br />
http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/english/english.htm<br />
This site gives a brief overview of the structure <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong> of the Turkish Parliament.<br />
Turkey <strong>and</strong> the Internati<strong>on</strong>al M<strong>on</strong>etary Fund (IMF)<br />
http://www.imf.org/external/country/TUR/<br />
This site c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> reports provided by the IMF c<strong>on</strong>cern<strong>in</strong>g their projects <strong>in</strong> Turkey.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> <strong>on</strong> Foreign Relati<strong>on</strong>s (CFR): Turkey<br />
http://www.cfr.org/regi<strong>on</strong>/<str<strong>on</strong>g>turkey</str<strong>on</strong>g>/ri358<br />
This is the <strong>Council</strong> <strong>on</strong> Foreign Relati<strong>on</strong>s’ Turkey secti<strong>on</strong>. It is an excellent res<strong>our</strong>ce that is regularly<br />
updated with CFR’s material as well as s<strong>our</strong>ces published elsewhere.<br />
Ataturk<br />
http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-14913/biography-of-ataturk.html<br />
A comprehensive biography of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder <strong>and</strong> first president of the Turkish<br />
Republic, by the Turkish M<strong>in</strong>istry of Culture <strong>and</strong> T<strong>our</strong>ism.<br />
CFR: A C<strong>on</strong>versati<strong>on</strong> with Abdullah Gul (2/13/07)<br />
http://www.cfr.org/publicati<strong>on</strong>/12632/c<strong>on</strong>versati<strong>on</strong>_with_abdullah_gl_rush_transcript_federal_news_s<br />
ervice.html?breadcrumb=%2Fregi<strong>on</strong>%2F358%2F<str<strong>on</strong>g>turkey</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
This is a transcript of an <strong>in</strong>terview with Abdullah Gul, the Deputy Prime M<strong>in</strong>ister <strong>and</strong> M<strong>in</strong>ister of Foreign<br />
<strong>Affairs</strong>, for the Republic of Turkey. In this <strong>in</strong>terview, Gul discusses the relati<strong>on</strong>ship between Turkey <strong>and</strong> Iraq.<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Affairs</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Res<strong>our</strong>ce Packet: What the Rest of the <strong>World</strong> can Learn from Turkey Today – March 20, 2012 10
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