Bulent Aliriza
Bulent Aliriza had been the founding director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, since 1994. He has lectured widely in the United States, Europe, and Turkey and is a frequent media commentator on Turkish foreign policy and domestic politics. Prior to joining CSIS, Aliriza was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He had previously served as a Turkish Cypriot diplomat in New York and Washington. He has a B.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a doctorate in diplomatic history from the University of Oxford.
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Trump-Erdogan Meeting at the G20: End of the S-400 Crisis?
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — July 3, 2019
The Trump-Erdogan Clash and Turkish Financial Turbulence
Critical Questions by Bulent Aliriza and Zeynep Yekeler — August 15, 2018
Erdogan Takes Total Control of “New Turkey”
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — July 18, 2018
Erdogan Wins a Fresh Mandate in Turkey’s New Presidential System
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — June 25, 2018
Erdogan Seeks New Mandate in Electoral Transition to a Presidential System
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza and Zeynep Yekeler — June 22, 2018
Competing Visions: How Infrastructure is Reshaping the Eurasian Supercontinent
Event — September 28, 2017
After the Referendum
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza and Zeynep Yekeler — May 8, 2017
The November 1 Elections: Erdogan’s Roll of the Dice
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — October 30, 2015
Davutoglu Begins Effort to Form a Coalition Government
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — July 10, 2015
The Turkish Elections: A Major Reversal for Erdogan
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — June 8, 2015