Hugh Pope

Project Director, Turkey/Cyprus
Istanbul, Turkey

Crisis Group role:

Hugh Pope conducts research in Turkey and Cyprus, writing policy-focused reports on Turkish policy, Turkey's immediate region and the factors that mitigate or increase the risk of armed conflict.

Areas of expertise:

• Turkey: domestic politics, economics, Turkish Islam, the situation of the Kurds    
• Turkey's membership negotiations with the European Union
• Turkey and the Middle East
• The Cyprus dispute
• The Turkic World

Professional background:

• Turkey & Middle East Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal (1997-2005)
• Turkey & Central Asia Correspondent, The Independent (1990-1997)
• Iran & Middle East correspondent, Reuters (1984-1989)
• Syria & Lebanon correspondent, United Press International (1982-1984)
• BA, Oriental Studies (Persian with Arabic), Oxford University, UK (1982)

Books

Dining with al-Qaeda: Three Decades Exploring the Many Worlds of the Middle East (Thomas Dunne/St Martins Press, March 2010), Sons of the Conquerors: the Rise of the Turkic World (an Economist 'book of the year' for 2005), and Turkey Unveiled: a History of Modern Turkey (a New York Times 'notable book', 1999).

Languages: 

• English (native)
• French (fluent)
• Turkish (fluent)
• Arabic (conversant)
• Persian (conversant)
• Dutch (conversant)
  

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