Hugh Pope

Turkey/Cyprus Project Director
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)

Publications & media:

Solving the EU-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle, regular analysis and commentary

• "O tempo para solucionar a disputa de Chipre está a acabar", Publico, 23 October 2009
• "Time Runs Out for Cypriot Solution", The Wall Street Journal, 19 October 2009
• "EU Support Is Needed for Turkey to Progress", The Independent, 21 July 2009
• "Ue: la Turchia ed i rischi di una 'partnership privilegiata'”, Limes, 15 June 2009
• "A 'parceria privilegiada' não oferece nada à Turquia", Publico, 27 June 2009
• "Privileged Partnership Offers Turkey neither Privilege nor Partnership", Today's Zaman, 23 June 2009
• "We Are All Armenians", The Wall Street Journal, 27 April 2009
• "Time for EU-Turkey 'Urgency' Article", The Wall Street Journal, 15 December 2008
• "Rethinking Cyprus", Private View, 18 November 2008
• "Turkey and Armenia Inch Forward", The Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2008
• "Kıbrıs’ta uzlaşmacı başkanlar dönemi", Star (Turkey), 28 July 2008
• "Sovinto Kyproksella lähenee", Helsingin Sanomat, 7 July 2008
• "La mejor oportunidad para Chipre", El Pais, 7 July 2008
• "A melhor oportunidade para um acordo em Chipre", Público, 3 July 2008
• "Political Deadlock No Excuse for Cyprus Peace Delay", Today’s Zaman, 30 June 2008
• "Unexpected Peace", The Wall Street Journal and Today's Zaman, 24 June 2008
• "The Last Chance for Cyprus, Really", The Daily Star (Lebanon), 19 February 2008
• "Settling Cyprus", The Wall Street Journal, 14 February 2008 (Republished in Today's Zaman, 15 February 2008)
• Sons of the Conquerors: The Rise of the Turkic World (Overlook Duckworth, 2005). An Economist "book of the year"
• Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey (John Murray 1997, Overlook Duckworth 1999). A New York Times "notable book"
• "Poetic Inspiration: A Byzantine Journey", The Economist, 15 February 2007
• "Euroopan unionin pitäisi valvoa länsimaiden etuja Keski-Aasiassa", Helsingen Sanomat, 12 February 2007
• "Tyrkiets armenske tragedie", Dagbladet Information, 23 January 2007
• "Armenia Haunts the Turks Again", The Los Angeles Times, 23 January 2007
• "A Great Game Update", The Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 January 2007
• "Integrar a Turquía en la UE", El Pais, 3 January 2007
• "The West's Eastern Front", The Wall Street Journal, 28 November 2006
• "Turning to Turkey", Prospect Magazine, November 2006
• "Turkey vs. Turkey", The Wall Street Journal, 16 February 2006
• "Die östliche Front des Westens: Europas Mühen mit der Türkei", Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1 December 2006
• "Turkey's Minority Report", Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Summer/Fall 2005
• Frequent interviews with major media outlets

Languages: 

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