Turkish think tanks are relatively new. Many of them are sister organizations of a political party or a company. University think tanks are not typical.

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Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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Think tank

A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...

s provide research and ideas yet they play less important roles in policy making when compared with the American think tanks.

Notable think tanks (A-Z)

• Alternatif Politikalar Merkezi, Center For Alternative Policies based in Ankara / TURKEY Undertakes research and projects on economic and foreign policy and good governance
  Good governance
  Good governance is an indeterminate term used in development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources in order to guarantee the realization of human rights. Governance describes "the process of decision-making and the process by which...
  
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• CESRAN (Centre For Strategic Research and Analysis)
• Foreign Policy Institute
  Foreign Policy Institute
  Turkish Foreign Policy Institute is a Turkish think tank on foreign policy and international relations...
  
   http://www.foreignpolicy.org.tr/
• Global Political Trends Center
  GPoT Center
  GPoT Center officially the Global Political Trends Center is a research unit, which was established by Mensur Akgun and Sylvia Tiryaki at the Istanbul Kültür University in Turkey in 2008...
  
   also known as GPoT Center is a liberal research unit at Istanbul Kultur University.
• 3H Movement
  3H Movement
  The 3H Movement is a liberal youth organization with more than a 2,000 members and volunteers that has been active since December 2006, when it was first founded under the name Liberalofis...
  
   is a liberal think tank and a young organization centered in Istanbul.
• Institute for Armenian Research
  Institute for Armenian Research
  Institute for Armenian Research is a privately funded think tank in Turkey established in April 2001 by the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies. Ömer Engin Lütem is the chairman.Jay Winter, Charles J...
  
   (EREN) Privately funded organization.
• Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies
  Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies
  Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies is a think tank based in Turkey.The Institute for Armenian Research is referred to as its subsidiary.- Publications :...
  
   (ASAM) Very close ties to Turkish diplomacy. First known think-tank in Turkey.
• International Strategic Research Organization
  International Strategic Research Organization
  The International Strategic Research Organization ) is a Turkish think tank, directed by Sedat Laciner.ISRO believes that the study of international relations "suffers from limited Western-centric understanding and needs different approaches"...
  
   (USAK
  Usak
  Uşak is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. The city has a population of 180,414 and is the capital of Uşak Province. The mayor is Ali Erdoğan ....
  
  ) 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.
• S.E.T.A. Established in 2006. Close to the government. Conservative.
• Center for Strategic Economic Social Research Established in 2010.
• S.E.S.A.R. . Implicated in the Ergenekon investigation
  Ergenekon network
  Ergenekon is the name given to an alleged clandestine, Kemalist ultra-nationalist organization in Turkey with possible ties to members of the country's military and security forces...
  
  , with its chief, İsmail Yıldız, jailed.

Center for Turkey's Economic and Strategic Studies (TESAM) is an independent think tank, established in 2008.Undertakes research and projects on Turkey's history, international relations, strategy and foreign policy as well as economicand cultural issues

• T.A.S.A.M. is Istanbul-centred. Conservative and nationalist.
• Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
  Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
  The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation , based in Istanbul, is Turkey's leading think tank. Its core program areas are democratization, good governance, and foreign policy....
  
   (T.E.S.E.V.) is a liberal research centre in Istanbul. Close to the business circles, yet less effective in political circles.
• Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) is a liberal research centre based in Ankara. Close to business circles, particularly chambers of commerce. Undertakes research and projects on economic and foreign policy and good governance.
• T.U.R.A.N.S.A.M. is Konya centred. Rightist nationalist, defenses Turkish Nationalism and TURANIAN Ideological Holy Union of World Turks'. Close to the military and National Action Party's ideologies. Established in 2007. Radical Islamic and Turkish Nationalist Think-Thank Organisation, NGO, Thought Producer Organisation. Founder President is Dr. Elnur Hasan MIKAIL(Ph. D. in History), also he's an Expert in an International Relations with the M. Sc. Degree in IR branch, born in old Sovietski street-Yasamal, Baku city, Republic of Azerbaijan. He immigrated to Turkey when he was 18 years old and since that date he lives in Turkey. He's a writer of 4 scientific books one of them written in English. - TURAN-CSR : TURAN Center for Strategical Researches, Konya based, nationalist Turkish Think-Thank org.
• T.U.S.A.M. is Ankara-centred. Leftist nationalist. Close to the ultra-nationalist military circles.
• Turkish Centre for International Relations & Strategic Analysis (TURKSAM). Ankara-centred nationalist think tank, established in 2004. Close to the military and Nationalist Action Party circles.

• Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies
  Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies
  Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies TACSS is a scientific research center located primarily in Turkey. It was established in 2003 as a non-governmental think tank organization. TACSS develops, implements and shares strategic vision and vital projects for the humanity in the perspective of...
  
  (TACSS) http://www.tasam.org/index.php

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