Developing Turkish-Arab relations have certainly become a major trend in the Middle East. AKP's Turkey, who seems to come to terms with the Ottoman heritage, is imposing itself as a diplomatic, economic and cultural power in the Middle East. What role will it play in the current political transitions ?

With, notably, Marwa DAOUDY (Oxford University), William HALE (School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, London), Michel NAOUFAL (al-Mustaqbal, Beirut), Hugh POPE (International Crisis Group, Istanbul), Güven SAK (Turkish foundation for research in political economy, TEPAV, Ankara), Dorothée SCHMID (Contemporary Turkey, Ifri), Marc SEMO (Libération), Nora SENI (French Institute for Anatolian Studies, IFEA, Istanbul)...

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