http://www.turksam.org/ Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis Nagorno Karabakh problem was discussed by free sides and OSCE Minsk Group initiatives in 2009. It could be effected by external political issues that key actor Armenia wasn’t in. If we classify generally, protocol acts of Turkey and meetings of Minsk Group declared this problem again to solve with common consensus. http://www.turksam.org/en/a256.html TÜRKSAM Temmuz Dönemi Stajyeri Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT This international political research aims at an outlook to changeable regional conditions in South Caucasus by Iran. Today there are too many regional and ethnic conflicts in the world. One of the well known conflict is the Nagorno Karabakh problem in Caucasus region. It was born as territorial problem between Armenian and Azerbaijani people at the last time of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) period. http://www.turksam.org/en/a255.html TÜRKSAM Temmuz Dönemi Stajyeri Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT When we look at the geography in which Turkey is located in, it is seen that the region is extremely rich in terms of energy resources. However, Turkey is not a rich country on the energy issues. While comparing to neighboring countries, Turkey is considered as not a rich country in terms of energy production. At this time emerging the question “how Turkey may contribute to the energy security“. Today it is known that `just possessing the energy sources` is not enough. Safe ways of energy supply to the http://www.turksam.org/en/a254.html Sinan OĞAN Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A misconceived engagement with Armenia has boomeranged beyond diplomacy to impact Turkey’s energy policy. The developments so far are already worrying, and further negative consequences may follow. Turkey’s energy policy is held hostage, and the culprit is a short-sighted Armenia rapprochement that has ignored Azerbaijan’s legitimate concerns on Nagorno-Karabakh. http://www.turksam.org/en/a253.html Ferruh Demirmen Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT After the collapse of USSR, necessities of new states were that economical, political, military and educational relations on each other and other international platforms and countries. On that way all former Soviet countries created Commonwealth of Independence States union (CIS). By the creation of CIS these countries which were combined on old Soviet map will create new relations at the new world system. Also for regulating new systems geopolitical situation was very important. Firstly a state can create strong relations where it is near another state. http://www.turksam.org/en/a252.html TÜRKSAM Temmuz Dönemi Stajyeri Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT After the protocol signed on October 10, the general beliefs that are the relations between Turkey and Armenia will normalize and improve the further relations. However; we thought the converse of this and unfortunately our foresight and analysis began to be correct. Although only 2 months passed since the signing of the Protocol and the President of Armenia, Serj Sarkisyan's visit to Turkey, the spring weather which spread quickly dissolved with the same speed. The two countries conservations tone has become increasingly harder as the approval of the protocols were delaying. http://www.turksam.org/en/a251.html Sinan OĞAN Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The term of “one nation two states” that was used by the late Haydar Aliyev years ago while he was describing the brotherhood and friendship of their relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan. Nowadays, after the protocol that signed between Turkey and Armenia, this statement was brought to the agenda due to the issues between Azerbaijan and Turkey. http://www.turksam.org/en/a250.html Sinan OĞAN Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT One of the analysists of “The Moscow Times” Paul Goble wrote an aticle named Could Turkey Be The Next Country To Recognise Abkhazia? After that; the journalist of Moscow branch of the paper, Milliyet, Cenk Başlamış prepared an article referring to the poul goble. The issue has a large affect on the media of Nothern Cyprus Turkish Republic , Greek of Cyprus Republic ,Greece, Azerbaijan, Armenian, Georgia, and Russian with various quotations. In turkey this issue has a place on the news of Turkish press. http://www.turksam.org/en/a248.html Sinan OĞAN Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zhamanak: Mr. Ogan, after more than a year of intensive negotiations welcomed Armenia and Turkey have announced a potentially ground-breaking agreement to normalize their historically strained relations in the coming months. How would you evaluate the agreement to start “internal political consultations” on bilateral protocols on the establishment of diplomatic relations and reopening of the borders? http://www.turksam.org/en/a247.html Sinan OĞAN Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT In a couple of weeks ago the author of this humble analyze attended in a conference about Hong Kong-Taiwan relations in Taiwan’s capital city Taipei. It was a very nice exchange with different government workers, legislators and teachers from both sides. http://www.turksam.org/en/a246.html Uğur Rıfat Karlova Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement that he would attend the return match between the Armenian and Turkish football teams only in case the border was open or the sides agree on unblocking Armenia has a wide influence, Head of Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM), Sinan Ogan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. http://www.turksam.org/en/a245.html Sinan OĞAN Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT American policy in the Middle East, despite the repeated claims by American policy makers to the contrary, has always been conditioned by the Israeli policy in general and the prevailing domestic political balance in this peculiar country in particular. American Jewish lobby –with all its shade variations- also has been an integral part of this equation. http://www.turksam.org/en/a244.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT In this part of the world people are not very fond of reading but they love ‘talking’. That’s why they create their own living gods –at all levels of society- out of skilfull orators –sometimes demagogues, and then worship them. It is the dominant culture of ‘relations’ not a culture of ‘merits and virtues’ which provides the basis for tribalism, secteranianism and ruling dynasties still widespread in the region, from Saudi Arabia to Kazakhistan, and to a degree even in Turkey. http://www.turksam.org/en/a243.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT An analogy of ‘marketplace’ by two prominent scholars, Snyder&Ballentine, would be appropriate to start with since this article is mainly related to this very basic idea; “Just as economic competition produces socially beneficial results, only in a well-institutionalized marketplace, where monopolies and false advertising are counteracted, so too increased debate in the political marketplace leads to better outcomes only when there are mechanisms to correct market imperfections”. http://www.turksam.org/en/a242.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT On May 22, three distinguished experts on Turkish-American relations addressed a group of academics, researchers, media representatives, and fellows from various think-tanks in Ankara. Amb. O. Faruk Loğoğlu (R) is former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Turkish Ambassador to U.S. He was the president of ASAM until recently. http://www.turksam.org/en/a241.html TURKSAM Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT President of U.S. Barack Obama after becoming the President, declared that in the coming months he will give a speech to the Islamic world from a Muslim country. In that period we have announced that this country will be Egypt in our articles. (See http://www.turksam.org/tr/a1607.html) Today, it is a definite fact that Obama will give his speech to the Islamic world from Egypt and President of U.S. will give this speech in 4th of June 2009 in Egypt. http://www.turksam.org/en/a240.html Sinan OĞAN Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Turkish-American/NATO Relations or ‘Dialogue Of Deafs’? http://www.turksam.org/en/a238.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Actually the normalization process of the releations of Turkey and Armenia started two years ago and Azerbaijan was aware of everything which is going on between Armenia and Turkey. The relations between Armenia and Turkey was confidential but after President Gül went to the Erivan for the football match, it has become obvious that Turkey and Armenia still trying to normalize their relations. The visit of Abdullah Gül was indisposed by some of the media in Armenia but this crisis was also passed over easily. http://www.turksam.org/en/a237.html Sinan OĞAN Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Alot of things had written down about the visit of Obama to Turkey. This is why I don’t want to go on to details in this article. The main concern of this article is the ideas of Barack Obama, which he evaluated in the press conference with President Abdullah Gül in the presidential palace, about the 1915 events. The real purpose behind the speech of Grand National Assembly was to say to Turkey and Armenia that they are alone in this path. http://www.turksam.org/en/a236.html Sinan OĞAN Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT The NATO summit in Strasbourg-Kehl witnessed an unexpected and certainly unnecessary crisis over the selection of the new Secretary General to replace Jaap de Hoop Schaffer in August. That was absolutely the last thing NATO needed. It is difficult to comprehend how NATO officials in Brussels and some member countries, Germany being the foremost, let this happen if they did not intentionally invent it. But the amazing thing was how it was resolved. http://www.turksam.org/en/a234.html Tuğgeneral (E.) Haldun SOLMAZTÜRK Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT