MEGAN GISCLON

Incentives for improving US-Turkey ties MEGAN GISCLON

Incentives for improving US-Turkey ties

Over the past few months of near-stalemated U.S.-Turkey relations, analysts from both Washington and Ankara have been arguing that the “strategic” impetus that has underlined the bilateral relationship is gone and is unlikely to be recovered.

February 21 2018
A sigh of relief or a sign of trouble? MEGAN GISCLON

A sigh of relief or a sign of trouble?

The U.S. Department of State’s announcement on Dec. 28 that the U.S. would resume full visa services in Turkey, effectively marking the end of the U.S.-Turkey visa crisis, was a huge sigh of relief for many Turkish and American travelers and expats, myself included.

January 04 2018
Pence and Yıldırım: New wine in old bottles MEGAN GISCLON

Pence and Yıldırım: New wine in old bottles

There is no more apt phrase to describe the Nov. 9 meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence than to say that it put new wine in old bottles.

November 16 2017