Dr. George Harris is currently a Research Fellow at Bilkent University, Ankara, and a Consultant on Eurasian and Middle East Affairs carrying out research on Turkey and the Middle East. He received his Ph.D. in History of the Middle East from Harvard University in 1957 and then served in the Department of State, ending as Director of Analysis for Near East and South Asia at the time of his retirement in January 1996. He has published numerous articles and books on Turkey , including Troubled Alliance, Turkish-American Problems in Historical Perspective 1945-1971 and most recently The Communists and the Kadro Movement: Shaping Ideology in Ataturk’s Turkey. He is presently researching Turkish foreign policy and its practitioners in the Ataturk era.

Education
B.A. at Harvard University; M.A. at Harvard University; Ph.D. at Harvard University

Countries of Expertise
Turkey

Issues of Expertise
Political Islam, Languages

Contact: georges9@comcast.net