By: Yigal Schleifer / Washington American President Barack Obama and his challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, have been spending this election season working hard to portray themselves as each representing a starkly different choice for American voters. But as the Read More …
Author: TUSIAD US
TUSIAD Turkey Letter: October 29-Nov 5 2012
THIS WEEK: TOP STORY • Fitch upgrades Turkey to investment grade FOREIGN POLICY • UN- Turkey using anti-terrorism law to quash debate • German FM urges fresh push for Turkey to join EU • Turkey backs away from no-fly zone in Syria •Turkey warned Iraqi Read More …
Turkey: America's new key ally?
Speaking to the Global Post, Sinan Ulgen, chairman of the Center for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies, a think tank in Istanbul, says that U.S. – Turkey relations have peaked during the administration of President Barack Obama.
Turkey as a foreign policy challenge?
Thomas Seibert argues in The National that Turkey will be one on the foreign policy challenges the new U.S. administration must deal with. He writes: “With the Turkish-Syrian border in turmoil, Ankara is likely to press the new US administration Read More …
President Gul extends his condolences
Turkish President Abdullah Gul extended his condolences to President Barack Obama following hurricane Sandy. Gul said, “In the name of the Turkish people I extend to you – the people of our friend and ally, the United States – our Read More …