Weekend Reading: Partnering With Turkey, Subordinating the Turkish Military, and Lamenting Abbasiya

By experts and staff
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Steven A. CookCFR ExpertEni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies
CFR’s recently released Independent Task Force on Turkey, co-chaired by Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley, and directed by Steven A. Cook.
Mehmet Ali Birand outlines the AKP’s plan for the role of the Turkish Armed Forces in the country’s potential new constitution.
The Sandmonkey offers his thoughts on Egypt’s recent Abbasiya fiasco.