Turkey

As it remakes the Middle East, the Arab Spring is also realigning U.S. and Turkish policies.

Turkey's political stalemate following the recent elections has overshadowed a key development: the near doubling of female deputies in parliament.

As the Syrian crisis spills over into Turkey, the AKP's conflict-avoidance policy may not be sustainable.

For the first time in Turkey's history, the people have elected a Christian deputy, Erol Dora, to parliament.

In a positive development for Turkey's fragile democracy, the ruling AKP fell short of retaining its parliamentary supermajority.

Islamist parties can moderate their platforms, but only with free elections and the checks of an independent media and strong opposition parties.

On June 10, 2011, Robert Wexler and Soner Cagaptay addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute, moderated by Institute managing director Michael Singh. Mr. Wexler is a former seven-term congressman as well as cofounder and former cochair of the Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans. Dr. Cagaptay is

This Sunday, Turks go to the polls for parliamentary elections that will determine their next government. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is predicted to win for the third consecutive time since 2002, extending its mandate into 2016 and making it the longest-ruling faction in Turkey's seven-decade history as

In anticipation of its victory in the June 12 general parliamentary elections, the AKP has promised to draft a new constitution for the country.