- Turkish think tanks
Turkish think tanks are relatively new. [" [http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=31800 Turkey's think tank scene] ," "
Turkish Daily News " Dec 27, 2005.] Many of them are sister organizations of a political party or a company. University think tanks are not typical.Turkish
think tank s provide research and ideas yet they play less important roles in policy making when compared with the American think tanks.Notable think tanks
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Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (T.E.S.E.V.) is a liberal research centre in Istanbul. [cite web
url=http://www.turkey-now.org/Default.aspx?pgID=817&langid=1
accessdate=2008-08-13
title=Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
work=Turkey - now
publisher=Turkish- U.S. Business Council] Close to the business circles, yet less effective in political circles.
* U.S.A.K. is an Ankara-centred liberal think tank, established in 2004. An umbrella organization with 9 research centres. Close ties to the Turkish diplomacy, military and political circles. Sponsored by the business people and member donations.
* [http://www.setav.org/ S.E.T.A.] Established in 2006. Close to the government. Conservative.
* S.E.S.A.R. ( _tr. Siyasi, Ekonomik, Sosyal Araştırmalar ve Strateji Geliştirme Merkezi). Implicated in the Ergenekon investigation, with its chief, İsmail Yıldız, jailed. [cite web|url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/haber,D0306E6309194FDDBCEFEB194A22E56F.html
accessdate=2008-08-13
title=Kürtçe yemin emri Öcalan'dan gelmiş
work=Sabah
first=Hasan
last=Ersan Sabah
date=2008-08-12
language=Turkish] [Read a sample paper in English from the Ergenekon case: " [http://www1.sabah.com.tr/ozel/pdf/indir.php?t=2008%2F08%2F01&f=320.pdf The role of the 'state' in international relations] ," file 320, addenda to the Ergenekon indictment, pg. 265-284.]
* A.S.A.M. Nationalist and militarist. Sponsored by the ultra-nationalist military circles. Close to the Army.
* T.A.S.A.M. is Istanbul-centred. Conservative and nationalist.
* T.U.S.A.M. is Ankara-centred. Leftist nationalist. Close to the ultra-nationalist military circles.References
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