TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS AND THE THINK-TANK EFFECT

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Pages : 21-40

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Publication Date : 2009-05-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The increase in the interest on Turkish-Armenian relations within the international realm can be seen through the numbers and properties of published articles and reports on this subject. Especially, the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement process being brought forward following President Abdullah Gül’s visit to Yerevan in September 2008, has drawn serious attention within the international sphere. The negotiations held for the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations has been conducted in many different areas. The protocols being signed by Turkish and Armenian authorities carries crucial importance for the continuing of this process. While the international actors are determining their attitudes regarding the TurkishArmenian relations, attempting to identify what the parameters might be that they must venture has become a matter of necessity in the forthcoming process. In this research, reports and articles published from 2007 onwards on the Armenian issue within the scope of Turkish-Armenian relations in the international realm, Turkish foreign policy, Turkish-EU and Turkish-Atlantic relations has been examined. In these reports and articles, the international community’s proposed policy options for Turkish-Armenian relations and prospective developments have been taken into consideration and replies to several essential questions have tried to be obtained
Keywords : Armenians, Think-Tank, Report, Foreign Policy