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Osman Sert

Osman Sert is Research Director at Ankara Institute, Turkey. As a journalist he covered the economy, Prime Minister’s office and diplomacy. He was diplomatic reporter for Kanal 7, diplomatic editor at CNN Turk and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of TRT. He served as advisor of Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Turkey (2014-2016).

 

Items by Osman Sert

  • Turkey and the West: Fault Lines in a Troubled Alliance

    We live in turbulent times, with international pendulums made up of states, organisations and major NGOs swinging in close proximity; near misses, blocks and crashes are inevitable. Turkey’s relations with its neighbours and its stance on diplomatic issues are affected by this chaos, just as everyone else is. Turkey is...

  • Rationality prevails at the Turkey-EU summit… sometimes

    Everybody wondered who would let go of the rope first, the EU or Turkey. On Monday in Varna, both decided to hold tight. As Austrian and Dutch leaders and some other opponents of Turkey’s membership circulated the idea of offering the government in Ankara second-class membership, or a model...