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• Most of the data used in this work was gathered from Turkish daily newspapers and other
• media sources. The data dated in the text refer to the corresponding daily newspapers, Hürriyet, Zaman, Radikal and Milliyet.
• For the 1 March 2003 decree see Ramazan Gözen, “Causes and Consequences of Turkey’s Out-of-War Position in the Iraq War of 2003”, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, Vol.36 (2005), pp.73-99.
• James A. Baker III. and Lee H. Hamilton, “The Iraqi Study Group Report 2006”, pp. 27- 28, at http://bakerinstitute.org/Pubs/iraqstudygroup_findings.pdf [last visited 10 January 2010].
• For a report showing the level of importance that the Obama administrations paid to Turkey see: Spencer P. Boyer and Brian Katulis, The Neglected Alliance: Restoring US-Turkish Relations to Meet 21st Century Challenges, Center for American Progress, Washington D.C., 2008.
• Scott Wilson, “Obama Calls on Muslims for a ‘New Beginning’ With the US”, Washington Post, 5 June 2009.
• Boyer and Katulis, The Neglected Alliance , pp. 1-3.
• Ramazan Gözen, Türk Dış Politikası Barış Vizyonu, Ankara, Palme Yayınları, 2006.
• “Obama’dan Tarihi Konuşma”, Hürriyet, 7 April 2009.
• Philip H. Gordon visited Ankara and met with Erdoğan and Davutoğlu on 12-13 November 2009. See Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Dış Politika Kronolojisi Kasım 2009”, at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/kasim-2009.tr.mfa [last visited 15 October 2010].
• Philip H. Gordon, “The United States and Turkey: A View from the Obama Administration”, The Brookings Institution Sabancı Lecture, Washington DC, 17 March 2010, at
• http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2010/138446.htm; on the importance of the regions for Turkey-USA cooperation, see Boyer and Katulis, The Neglected Alliance: Restoring Turkish-US Relations to Meet 21st Century Challenges.
• Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Sayın Bakanımızın ABD Ziyaretleri Öncesi Havaalanında Yaptıkları Basın Toplantısı”, at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/sayin-bakanimizin-abd- ziyareti-oncesi-havaalaninda-yaptiklari-basin-toplantisi.tr.mfa [last visited 31 May 2010].
• Bülent Aras, “A Golden era for US-Turkey Relations”, Guardian, 4 April 2009.
• Erdoğan’s and Davutoğlu’s visits to the USA on the occasion of the UN 64th General Assembly on 22-30 September in New York, and exclusive meeting with Obama on 6-8 December, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Dış Politika 2009”, at http://www.mfa.gov. tr/eylul.tr.mfa [last visited 23 September 2010].
• US Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner and his delegation visited Istanbul to participate at the IMF-World Bank meeting of Governors, 4-8 October 2009, at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/ ekim.tr.mfa [last visited 12 September 2010].
• Davutoğlu participated at the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on 3-4 December 2009 for a series of regional conferences. See Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “No: 223 NATO Dışişleri Bakanları Toplantısı Hk.”, at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-223-01- aralik-2009_-nato-disisleri-bakanlari-toplantisi-hk_.tr.mfa [last visited 16 September 2010].
• Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “The Turkey-Iraq-US Trilateral Mechanism met in Ankara”, at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/temmuz.tr.mfa [last visited 28 July 2009].
• Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “The Turkey-Iraq-US Trilateral Mechanism met in Baghdad”, at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/aralik.tr.mfa [last visited 20 December 2009].
• Davutoğlu met Ahmedinejad and Muttaki in Tehran on 20 November 2009. See Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Türk Dış Politikası Kronolojisi- Kasım 2009”, at http:// www.mfa.gov.tr/kasim2009.tr.mfa [last visited 15 September 2010].
• For example, alleged “genocide” claims on Turkey, problems regarding the closed Turkish- Armenian border, Armenian demands from Turkish territory or re-drawing the border, and Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territory.
• Boyer and Katulis, The Neglected Alliance, pp. 21-26.
• Davutoğlu participated in a meeting on the Middle East in the UN Security Council, arguing a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem. Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Dış Politika 2009” at http://www.mfa.gov.tr/mayis.tr.mfa [last visited 11 May 2009].
• Boyer and Katulis, The Neglected Alliance, p. 21.
• Ramazan Gözen, İmparatorluktan Küresel Aktörlüğe Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası, Ankara, Palme Yayınları, 2009; Ramazan Gözen, “Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Türk Demokrasisi: Realist Bağlantı”, Liberal Düşünce, Vol. 4, No. 13 (Winter 1999), pp.87-108.
• Ali H. Aslan, “ABD Ergenekon’un Neresinde”, Zaman, 12 January 2009.
• Sedat Ergin, “Amerika Ergenekon’a Nasıl Bakıyor?”, Hürriyet, 16 March 2010.
• For instance, Graham Fuller, Yeni Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, İstanbul, Timaş Yayınları, 2008.
• Gözen, “Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve Türk Demokrasisi : Realist Bağlantı”, pp. 87-108.