Keywords: The Balkans
Deputy Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Gives Messages on the EU Bosnia and Herzegovina too considers the EU progress report dissatisfactory.
17/10/2012
ANKARA – Speaking at a meeting organized by TEPAV, Dr. Zlatko Lagumdzija, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stated that although political leaders in his country were in dispute on a number of issu
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“EU-Turkey Relations: Towards Visa Liberalization?” TEPAV organized a meeting in partnership with the ESI that wants to use its experience in the Western Balkans to help initiate a visa liberalization process for Turkey.
06/12/2011
ANKARA – TEPAV organized a roundtable meeting on November 6, 2011, Tuesday in partnership with European Stability Initiative (ESI), a think-tank that has conducted a major project on visa liberalization for the Western Balkans and contributed to
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Commentary/Erhan Türbedar: "Blow on Bulgaria’s Ethnic Model" TEPAV Foreign Policy Analyst Erhan Türbedar assessed the underlying causes of tension that escalated in Bulgaria following the death of a young man by a Roma-origin Bulgarian.
12/10/2011
The commentary assessed:
"The incidents of violence and protest demonstrations in Bulgaria which also draw the attention of the international community have some ethnic, psychological and socio-economic elements besides their political dimension
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“Ongoing Crises in the Balkans and the Turkish Response” Dr. Sabine Freizer, Europe Program Director at the International Crisis Group, assessed the recent developments in the Balkans.
21/09/2011
ANKARA – The Balkans, where the tension recently raised upon several developments, were addressed during a roundtable meeting held at TEPAV on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. In the meeting, Dr. Sabine Freizer, Europe Program Director at the Inter
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Commentary/Erhan Türbedar: "Skopje 2014: The Awakening of the Macedonian Identity" TEPAV Policy Analyst wrote about the Skopje 2014 Project in Macedonia and the public's perception.
22/08/2011
The commentary assessed:
"The Macedonian government continues its efforts to give the center of capital city Skopje a new face, through the Skopje 2014 Project. By means of the project, the government is trying to give central Skopje an ancient
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Commentary / Erhan Türbedar: "Trilateral Balkan Summit Held in Croatia" TEPAV Foreign Policy Analyst Erhan Türbedar (PhD) wrote on the trilateral summit that the presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina met on July 18, 2011.
21/07/2011
He assessed: "Aware of the fact that the developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina can have effects spreading to the entire region, Turkey has taken some steps in the last two years to make for rapprochement between Sarajevo and its neighbors and rend
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Evaluation Note/Erhan Türbedar, PhD. Croatia Receives Green Light for EU Membership
29/06/2011
"Croatia who started EU accession talks in October 2005, the same date as Turkey did, has received the green light from Brussels to be the Union's 28th member. Membership talks with Croatia have been ended, which will be followed by the signing of
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Evaluation Note/Erhan Türbedar, PhD. After Second Tri-Partite Balkan Summit in Serbia
27/04/2011
Second Tri-Partite Balkan Summit in Serbia has been realized on April 26th, 2011 with the participation of the Presidents of Turkey, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although one of the subjects concentrated on was how political, economic and cul
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Positive Developments in the Balkans Discussed at TEPAV In a roundtable meeting organized by TEPAV and GMF, recent developments in the Balkans were addressed in the context of the improving dialogue and progressing efforts for integration.
22/03/2011
ANKARA -TEPAV and German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) organized a roundtable meeting with the theme "Recent Developments in Balkans" on Tuesday, March 22. The meeting addressed the recent positive developments in the region including th
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Evaluation Note/Erhan Türbedar, PhD Turkey-Greece Dialogue Process
14/01/2011
Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou's speech at the Turkish Ambassadors Conference in Erzurum has triggered a new debate on Turkish-Greek relations once again. Although he gave reciprocal messages of friendship and peace with Prime Minister R
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