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Gareth Jenkins

Gareth Jenkins is a writer and analyst based in Istanbul, Turkey, where he has been a resident since 1989. During his first ten years in Turkey, he worked as a journalist for international wire services, newspapers and periodicals, covering a broad range of political, economic and social issues related to Turkey and the surrounding region. In recent years he has focused primarily on analysis, contributing numerous articles, reviews and commentaries to scholarly journals and edited volumes and delivering presentations at seminars and conferences. His special fields of interest are civil-military relations, terrorism and security issues and political Islam. He is currently a Senior Associate Fellow with the Silk Road Studies Program and Turkey Initiative.

Articles written by Gareth Jenkins

An Unending Impasse in Cyprus?

By Gareth Jenkins 09 Jun 2009 | World Politics Review

History has taught veteran Cyprus-watchers to regard any expressions of optimism with at least a degree of skepticism. Indeed, so many false dawns have come and gone over the years that one of the greatest challenges facing anyone who attempts to break the deadlock is to overcome the sense of fatigue that quickly sets in whenever the momentum begins to falter.

Strategic Posture Review: Turkey

By Gareth Jenkins 01 Apr 2009 | World Politics Review

Throughout the Cold War, Turkey remained a staunchly secular Western ally, serving as a NATO buttress against the Soviet Union. But in the aftermath of the November 2002 elections that brought the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power, its foreign policy orientation has undergone a gradual shift. In this WPR Strategic Posture Review, Gareth Jenkins looks at Turkey.

Turkey's AKP Loses Momentum in Local Elections

By Gareth Jenkins 31 Mar 2009 | World Politics Review

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Unofficial results from Sunday's local elections suggest that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has suffered its first major electoral setback since the party was founded in August 2001. AKP officials had privately insisted that the party would win a majority of votes. The results, which gave it only a 38 percent plurality, have come not only as a disappointment, but as a shock.