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Article Turkey and Nato in Retrospect: Hard To Classify as a 'win-win Relationship Part Ii - Turkey’s Solo Response To Pkk Terrorism: 'o Nato Allies, Where Art Thou?”,(BİLGESAM, 2018) Kibaroğlu, MustafaIn Part I, which was published in the previous issue of The Strategist, how Turkey’s membership in the NATO has created major obstructions in its fight against terrorism since the late 1970s was discussed by and large. Now, in Part II, how Turkish governments have found their own solutions, in one way or another, without tangible support coming from their allies will be the discussed in detail. ?Article European Union's Ambition To Create the European Army and the Parade of Abbreviations: Cfsp, Esdp, Csdp & Pesco(BİLGESAM, 2018) Kibaroğlu, MustafaThe aim of this paper is to have a look at how this story began two decades ago and evolved over time; why there has been no resolution in the deadlock to date, and where do Turkey and the EU stand today. Then, it may be possible to make comments about what the future holds for both Turkey and the EU in these respects.Conference Object 65 Years of Turkey-Nato Relations(BİLGESAM, 2018) Kibaroğlu, MustafaTurkey-NATO Relations was analysed.Article Turkey and Nato in Retrospect: Hard To Classify as a “win-Win” Relationship(BİLGESAM, 2018) Kibaroğlu, MustafaTurkey is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since February 1952. Most of the allied countries, and the United States in particular, have long seen Turkey as their “staunch ally” thanks to its significant contributions to the security and defense of the West against the threats posed by the Soviet Union during the Cold war era.Yet, there have been tough times as well in this relationship, especially when Turkey and Greece have been at odds with each other over a host of issues, either in Cyprus or in the Aegean that brought the two NATO allies to the brink of hot confrontation.There were also heavy criticisms towards Turkey, time and again, from the leading members of the Alliance, such as the one that surfaced prior to and during the Lisbon Summit in November 2010 where the “Missile Shield” was a key issue on the agenda and Turkey was (wrongly) blamed for obstructing the implementation of the project, which was not the case, at all.Article Turkey and the United States: Staunch Allies or Rivals?(BİLGESAM, 2018) Kibaroğlu, MustafaReports about the decision of the United States to set up a border force with the so-called “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) that would operate along the Turkish and Iraqi borders and also inside Syria along the Euphrates river, exacerbated the tension in the already strenuous relations between Ankara and Washington. Turkey regards the SDF that is dominated by the Kurdish YPG as indistinguishable from the PKK terrorist organization. Accordingly, this move of Washington is seen from Ankara’s perspective as adding insult to injury and as a clear sign that the United States will not keep its promise to dump the YPG once the war against ISIS is won. Turkey’s concomitant military mobilization along the Syrian border and the statements made by President Recep T. Erdoğan hinting at a largescale military operation towards the sectors in northern Syria where the YPG aims to expand its authority may well result in unwanted and, certainly, an undesired confrontation between Turkey and the United States. So, how did Turkey and the United States, which have long treated each other as a “staunch ally” during the Cold War period, come to the point of wrangling and why do they seem to be drifting further apart from each other day by day?