Turkey-Middle East North Africa Palestine-Israel Syria Iran Iraq Gulf of Basra Yemen Afghanistan-Pakistan Terror-Middle East U.S - Middle East Lebanon Energy-Economy-Environment Iraqi Kurds Iraqi Turkmens Central Asia-Middle East Caucasus-Middle East Think Tanks Conferences - Symposiums Panels & Workshops Roundtable Discussions Turkmen Intellectuals Meetings Kosrat Rasul about the internal politics of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, as well as the relations between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government. Salah Bedreddin shared his opinion with us on the future of Syria, the expectations of Kurds and on the relations with Turkey. Darwish shared his opinion with us on the future of Syria, position of Kurds, his own party and on the relations with Turkey. The family of Hisham Al Khatibhad been repressed for many years before the civil war. He works in an aid organization called Sanid Al Hayriya. Omar, who is a teacher, lost many of his relatives as a result of the attacks launched in Aleppo. Taim, who is an undergraduate, lost his two sisters and was injured in the attack carried out on his village by the Syrian army. He came to Turkey for treatment. Rima who is a dentist was subjected to pressure due to the fact that his whole family is against the regime. As the pressure exerted increased, he first went to Jordan, then to the United Arab Emirates. Libyan Civil Society Organizations Initiative Group represented by 12 delegates from Libyan civil society organizations visited ORSAM on 11 March 2013. A closed joint meeting was held at ORSAM with the participation of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation on Decemver 4, 2012. The guests from Arab Republic of Egypt Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs and other distinguished guests discussed the current situation in Egypt after revolution and the relations between Turkey and Egypt. ORSAM-METU Joint Meeting: Tunisia During the meeting, the participants exchanged their opinions on the development in Tunisia, and especially on the cooperation possibilities between Tunisia and Turkey. ORSAM-Bilkent Joint Meeting: Belorussia During the meeting, the participants exchanged their opinions on regional subjects, and especially on the cooperation possibilities between Belorussia and Turkey. Prince Abdul-Aziz Bin Talal: "We Prefer Turkey" “If there is going to be a superpower in the region, Turkey is desired to be it” Prince Abdul-Aziz Bin Talal said. ORSAM-Bilkent Joint Meeting: Kyrgyzstan During the meeting, the participants exchanged their opinions on regional subjects, and especially on the cooperation possibilities between Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. ORSAM-Bilkent Joint Meeting A closed meeting titled as “Kazakhstan at the 20th anniversary of its independence and its relations with Turkey” was held in Ankara. Developments in the Middle East Assessed with Saudi Advisor Mr. Abdullah AlShamri The Arab Spring and Turkey’s and Saudi Arabia's position in the Middle East were discussed. ORSAM Books No: 5 ORSAM Middle East Books No: 3 Mosul in The Ottoman Vilâyet Salnâmes ORSAM Books No: 4 Central Asia Books No. 1 Energy Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Central Asia EGYPT IN TRANSITION AND TURKEY-EGYPT RELATIONS IN NEW ERA TUNISIA AND TURKEY-TUNISIA RELATIONS IN THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTION   Academic Staff Hasan Kanbolat ORSAM Director  Prof. Dr. Meliha Benli Altunışık ORSAM Advisor,Middle East, METU Director of Institute of Social Sciences  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar ORSAM Advisor, ORSAM Eurasian Strategies Coordinator - Bilkent University  Prof. Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu ORSAM Advisor,Middle East-Antalya International University  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Harun Öztürkler ORSAM Advisor, Middle East Economies - Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Economics  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şahin ORSAM Advisor, Middle East - Gazi University, Department of IR  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Tür ORSAM Advisor, Middle East - METU, Department of IR  Habib Hürmüzlü ORSAM Advisor, Middle East  Asst. Prof. Dr. Serhat Erkmen ORSAM Advisor, Middle East -Ahi Evran University, Department of IR  Asst. Prof. Dr. Canat Mominkulov ORSAM Researcher, Eurasia, Al Farabi Kazakh National University  Elmira Cheremisova ORSAM Advisor, Middle East - St. Petersburg University  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Didem Danış ORSAM Advisor, Middle East - Galatasaray University, Department of Sociology  Dr. Jale Nur Ece ORSAM Advisor, Maritime Safety and Security   Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlyas Kemaloğlu (Kamalov) ORSAM Advisor, Eurasia  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Yaşar Sarı ORSAM Advisor, Eurasia - Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University   Asst. Prof. Dr. Bayram Sinkaya ORSAM Advisor, Middle East - Yıldırım Beyazıt University Department of International Relations  Dr. Süreyya Yiğit ORSAM Advisor, Eurasia  Att. Aslıhan Erbaş Açıkel ORSAM Advisor, Energy-Maritime Law  Pınar Arıkan Sinkaya ORSAM Advisor, Middle East - METU Department of International Relations  Volkan Çakır ORSAM Advisor, Africa - ORSAM Antananarivo (Madagascar) Representative  Bilgay Duman ORSAM Researcher, Middle East   Tamer Koparan ORSAM Managing Editor  Noyan Gürel ORSAM İzmir Represatative  Oytun Orhan ORSAM Researcher, Middle East   Sercan Doğan ORSAM Research Assistant, Middle East  Nebahat Tanriverdi ORSAM Research Assistant, Middle East  Seval Kök ORSAM Research Assistant, Middle East  Uğur Çil ORSAM, Middle East  Göknil Erbaş ORSAM, Black Sea  Shalaw Fatah ORSAM Research Assistant, Middle East  Tuğçe Kayıtmaz Interpreter  ORSAM Water Research Programme Dr. Tuğba Evrim Maden ORSAM Water Research Programme Hydropolitics Researcher   Dr. Seyfi Kılıç ORSAM Water Research Programme Hydropolitics Researcher   ORSAM Advisory Board Dr. Ismet Abdulmecid Former President of Iraqi Council of State  Prof. Dr. Ramazan Daurov Assistant Director, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies  Prof. Dr. Vitaly Naumkin Director, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies  Hasan Alsancak İhlas Holding CEO  Prof. Dr. Meliha Benli Altunışık ORSAM Advisor Middle East, METU Director of Institute of Social Sciences  Prof. Dr. Ahat Andican Former Minister & Istanbul University  Prof. Dorayd A. Noori Vice-Undersecretary in Iraq's Embassy in Ankara  Prof. Dr. Tayyar Arı Uludağ University, Head of Department of International Relations  Prof. Dr. Ali Arslan Istanbul University, Department of History   Dr. Farhan Ahmad Nizami The Director of Centre for İslamic Studies at Oxford University  Başar Ay General Secretary, Turkish Textile Employers' Association  Prof. Aftab Kamal Pasha The Director of The Centre for West Asian Studies in India  Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aydın President of Kadir Has University  Ambassador Shaban Murati Albanian Institute for International Studies  Dr. Ersel Aydınlı Vice-President of Bilkent University, Fulbright Executive Director  Safarov Sayfullo Sadullaevich Strategic Research Center Under The President of Tajikistan  Mohamed Noureddine Specialist in Turkish Affairs, Prof. at Lebanese University - History  Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı METU, Head of Department of International Relations  Itır Bağdadi İzmir Economy University, Department of International Relations and European Union  Prof. Dr. İdris Bal Member of Parliament in the 24th Legislative Term of Grand National Assembly of Turkey  Assist. Prof. Dr. Ersan Başar Karadeniz Techinical University, Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering  Kemal Beyatlı Head of Iraqi Turkman Press Council  Yaşar Yakış Ambassador, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs  Barbaros Binicioğlu ORSAM Advisor, Middle Eastern Economies  Prof. Dr. Ali Birinci Polis Akademisi  Patrick Seale Well-Known Middle East and Syria Specialist  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Budak Deputy Director General in Prime Ministerial State Archives  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Canpolat Turkish Ministry of Defense Advisor   Ret. (Air) Gen. Ergin Celasin 23rd Commander of Air Forces  Dr. Sami Al Taqi General Manager of Orient Research Center  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mitat Çelikpala Kadir Has University, Head of Deparment of International Relations  Çetiner Çetin Journalist, Iraq  Prof. Dr. Gökhan Çetinsaya President of The Council of Higher Education   Assoc. Prof. Dr Didem Danış ORSAM Advisor, Immigration Studies & Iraqi Refugees, Galatasary University, Department of Sociology   Prof. Dr. Volkan Ediger İzmir Economy University, Department of Economics  Prof. Dr. Cezmi Eraslan President of Atatürk Research Center, Istanbul University, Department of History  Prof. Dr. Çağrı Erhan Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of IR & Director ATAUM  Asst. Prof. Dr. Serhat Erkmen ORSAM Middle East Advisor, Ahi Evran University, Head of the Department of International Relations  Dr. Amer Hasan Fayyadh Baghdad University, Dean of Political Sciences Faculty (Iraq)  Att. Aslıhan Erbaş Açıkel ORSAM Advisor, Energy-Maritime Law  Cevat Gök Manager of Iraq El FIRAT TV - Turkey  Mete Göknel Former Director of Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ)  Osman Göksel BTC & NABUCCO Coordinator  Timur Göksel Beirut American University (Lebanon)  Prof. Muhamad Al Hamdani Cultural Undersecretary in Iraq's Embassy in Ankara  Numan Hazar Retired Ambassador  Habib Hürmüzlü ORSAM Middle East Advisor  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar İpek Bilkent University, Department of International Relations  Dr. Tuğrul İsmail TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Department of International Relations  Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlyas Kemaloğlu (Kamalov) ORSAM Eurasia Advisor  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar Bilkent University, Department of International Relations  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Şenol Kantarcı Kırıkkale University, Department of International Relations  Selçuk Karaçay Deputy Director, Vodafone (Turkey)  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Karacasulu Dokuz Eylül University, Department of International Relations   Prof. Dr. M. Lütfullah Karaman Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of International Relations  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şaban Kardaş TOBB Economy and Technology University, Department of International Relations  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Hatun Kılıçbeyli Çukurova University, Head of the Department of International Relations  Prof. Dr. Aleksandr Knyazev Kyrgyz Slavic University (Bishkek)  Prof. Dr. Erol Kurubaş Kırıkkale University, Head of the Department of International Relations  Prof. Dr. Talip Küçükcan Director of Marmara University, Institute of Middle East Studies  Arslan Kaya KPMG, Sworn-in Certified Financial Accountant  Dr. Hicran Kazancı Iraqi Turkman Front Turkey Representative  İlhan Tanır ORSAM Middle East Advisor, Journalist  İzzettin Kerküklü President of Kirkuk Foundation  Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kibaroğlu Okan University, Head of Department of International Relations  Prof. Dr. Alexandr Koleşnikov Diplomat  Dr. Max Georg Meier Hanns Seidel Foundation, Projects Director (Bishkek)  Prof.Dr. Mosa Aziz Al-Mosawa President of Baghdad University (Iraq)  Prof. Dr. Mahir Nakip Erciyes University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu ORSAM Advisor,Middle East-Antalya International University  Hediye levent Journalist, Syria  Prof.Dr. Çınar Özen Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of International Relations  Murat Özçelik Ambassador  Assoc. Prof. Harun Öztürkler ORSAM Middle East Economies Advisor, Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Economics  Dr. Bahadır Pehlivantürk TOBB Economy and Technology University, Department of International Relations  Prof. Dr. Victor Panin Pyatigorsk University (Pyatigorsk, Russian Federation)  Assoc.Prof.Dr. Fırat Purtaş Gazi University Department of International Relations, Deputy Secretary General of TÜRKSOY  Prof. Suphi Saatçi Secretary-General of Kirkuk Foundation  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yaşar Sarı ORSAM Advisor, Eurasia - Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University   Ersan Sarıkaya Türkmeneli TV (Kirkuk, Iraq)  Dr. Bayram Sinkaya ORSAM Middle East Advisor, Atatürk University  Assoc.Prof.Dr. İbrahim Sirkeci Reader in Demography and Marketing Regent's College, (London, UK)  Dr. Aleksandr Sotnichenko St. Petersburg University (Russian Federation)  Semir Yorulmaz Journalist, Egypt  Zaher Sultan President of Lebanon Turkish Association   Dr. Irina Svistunova Russia Strategic Research Center, Turkey-Middle East Studies Expert (Russian Federation)  Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şahin ORSAM Advisor, Middle East, Gazi University, Department of International Relations  Prof. Dr. Türel Yılmaz Şahin Gazi University, Department of International Relations  Mehmet Şüküroğlu Energy Expert  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oktay Tanrısever METU, Department of International Relations  Prof. Erol Taymaz Vice President of the METU North Cyprus Campus (TRNC)  Prof. Sabri Tekir Dean of İzmir University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences  Dr. Gönül Tol Director of Middle East Institute Turkish Studies (USA)  Advt. Niyazi Güney Prens Group, Vice Chairman  Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem Tür ORSAM Advisor, Middle East, METU, Department of International Relations  M. Ragıp Vural General Coordinator of 2023 (Magazine)  Dr. Ermanno Visintainer Director of Vox Populi (Rome,Italy)  Dr. Umut Uzer Istanbul Technical University, Humanities and Social Sciences  Prof. Dr. Vatanyar Yagya St. Petersburg City Council Member, St. Petersburg University (Russian Federation)  Dr. Süreyya Yiğit ORSAM Eurasia Advisor  Editorial Board of Middle East Studies Meliha Altunışık Middle East Technical University (Turkey)  Bülent Aras Ministry of Turkish Foreign Affairs, Head of Center for Strategic Strategic Research  Tayyar Arı Uludağ University (Turkey)  İlker Aytürk Bilkent University (Turkey)  Recep Boztemur Middle East Technical University (Turkey)  Katerina Dalacoura London School of Economics (UK)  F. Gregory Gause Vermont University (USA)   Fawaz Gerges London School of Economics (UK)  Ahmet K. Han Kadir Has University (Turkey)  Raymond Hinnebusch St. Andrews University (UK)   Rosemary Holiis City University (UK)  Bahgat Korany Durham University (UK)  Peter Mandaville George Mason University (USA)  Emma Murphy Durham University (UK)  Middle East Analysis Editorial Board Prof. Dr. Meliha Altunışık Middle East Technical University , Director of Institute of Social Sciences  Hasan Kanbolat ORSAM Director  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar Bilkent University, Department of International Relations  Asst. Prof. Dr. Serhat Erkmen ORSAM Middle East Advisor, Ahi Evran University, Head of Department of International Relations  Administrative Staff Ramazan Gürle ORSAM Administrative and Financial Affairs  Behice Çağlıyan ORSAM Assistant of the Director  İbrahim Demir ORSAM Service Attendant  Research Assistants Aijana Yuzakova   Aisulu Asylbekova   Aslı Değirmenci Middle East Technical University  Aybike Yalçın Bilkent University   Barış Tüfekçi Qafgaz University  Cise İrem Dönmez Bilkent University  David Ey Middle East Technical University  Emel Köroğlu Galatasaray University  Emine Yüksel TOBB Economy and Technology University  Fatih Çam 18 Mart University  Goncagül Ata Middle East Technical University  Göksenin Üstün TOBB Economy and Technology University  Gülhan Kayadelen Bilkent University   Günel Bayramzade Qafgaz University  Günsel Otan Bilkent University  Hazal Gerçek Hacettepe University  Jubjana Vila Hacettepe University  Karamurzaev Aybek   Kıvanç Göktuğ Şahar Bilkent University  Mavjuda Akramova Middle East Technical University  Melih Aras Atılım University  Nuşabe Nesirli Qafgaz University  Övünç Demir Bilkent University  Pınar Ogan Gazi University   Sedef Arda Middle East Technical University  Sevgi Pınar Zeydan TOBB Economy and Technology University  Sezin Özer Bilkent University  Şahika Uçtum Bilkent University  Tuğçe Kayıtmaz Bilkent University  Ziya Abbas Gazi University   14 May 2013 ORSAM Report No: 155 BLACK SEA INTERNATIONAL Report No: 32 May 2013 Historical Notes from the Minutes of the Montreux Straits Conference and Kanal İstanbul (Tr) ORSAM Report No: 154 ORSAM Water Research Programme Report No: 19 May2013 Transboundary Waters Within the Scope of EU Water Framework Directive (Tr) ORSAM Report No: 153 April 2013 Electoral Laws in Iraq (Tr)   ORSAM Report No: 152 April 2013 Basic Data on 2013 Local Elections in Iraq (Tr) ORSAM Report No: 151 April 2013 Democracy Process and Problems in Iraqi Kurdistan (Tr - Eng)   ORSAM Report No: 150 March 2013 Syrian Turkmens: Political Movements and Military Structure (Tr - Eng) ORSAM Report No: 149 February 2013 David Cameron and the EU: Crossing the Rubicon (Eng)   ORSAM Report No: 148 January 2013 Internatonal Politics and Civilizations (Clash of Civilizations and Dialogue) (Tr - Eng) Доклад ОРСАМ Но: 147 ЧЕРНОМОРСКИЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ Доклад Но: 31 Январь 2013 Диалог Культур: Белорусско-Литовские Татары – Выходцы Из Урало-Волжского Региона В Великом Княжестве Литовском ORSAM Report No: 146 BLACK SEA INTERNATIONAL Report No: 30 January 2013 Eurasia in 2013: Political and Economic Analysis (Eng) ORSAM Report No: 145 ORSAM Water Research Programme Report No: 18 January 2013 Orsam Water Interviews 2012 (Tr - Eng) ORSAM Report No: 144 ORSAM Water Research Programme Report No: 17 January 2013 Orsam Water Interviews 2011 (Tr - Eng) ORSAM Report No: 142  January 2013 President Obama’s Second Term: Domestic and Foreign Challenges (Eng) ORSAM Report No: 140 December 2012 Internal Political Balances in North Iraq and Future of the Strategic Alliance (Tr - Eng) ORSAM Report No: 139 December 2012 Balances among Kurds in Syria, Regime Opponents and Turkey: Relations Pattern at the Crossroads of Conflict-Stability (Tr - Eng) Home Page    |    Subscribe    |    Contact    |    Press    |    Site Map    |    Links    |    Rss