Doruk Ergun

Doruk Ergun is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) in Istanbul, where he works on issues concerning Turkey’s security and foreign relations.

The July 15 coup attempt: the aftermath and Turkish democracy

Doruk Ergun Jul 17, 2016

What started out as an ordinary Friday evening, on July 15, abruptly turned into a night of confusion and dread as a clique within the Turkish Armed Forces tried to stage a coup d’état.

The Turkish Prime Minister’s fall from grace

Doruk Ergun May 7, 2016

On May 5, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced he would leave office and his role as the leader the Justice and Development Party (AKP), many months before completing the four-year mandate given to his government after the…

Turkey’s search for friends in an unfriendly neighborhood

Doruk Ergun Feb 5, 2016

For much of its history, modern Turkey followed a non-interventionist and pro-status quo foreign policy. Save for the Cypriot issue, where Ankara intervened in 1974 due to ethnic, political, humanitarian and strategic considerations, the…