Released: October 25, 2007

Turkey and Its (Many) Discontents

Earlier this month, Turkey threatened to curtail U.S. military access to Turkish bases and recalled its ambassador from Washington for consultations. These actions came in response to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee's approval of a resolution asserting that the Turkish massacre of Armenians nearly a century ago constitutes genocide. Compounding these tensions, the Turkish parliament recently authorized its government to conduct military incursions into northern Iraq in order to combat the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Recent surveys by the Pew Global Attitudes Project highlight the extent to which these tensions between Turkey and the U.S., as well as between Turkey and the West more broadly, are reflected in Turkish public opinion.

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