Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies or CESS (Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi, ASAM) is a Turkish

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organization which studies about

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and

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. It was founded by Turkish politician and academician

Ümit Özdağ Ümit Özdağ (; born 3 March 1961, Tokyo) is a Turkish politician and the current leader of the Victory Party. He was deputy leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) from November 2015 to February 2016. He announced his candid ...

in 1999. Being the first think tank organization of

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, CESS especially studies about Turkey and Turkey's neighbors. CESS aims to create a national security strategy and awareness about

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. CESS has published several books, articles and studies since its founding. In 2000, CESS started to publish a monthly journal called ''Strategical Analysis (Stratejik Analiz).''^ Özdağ, Ümit (11 Eylül 2014). "Akıllı adamlar için çıkan dergiler". ''Yeniçağ''. 14 Ocak 2018 tarihinde kaynağından arşivlendi. Erişim tarihi: 14 Ocak 2018. In 2001, CESS founded a unique organisation called ''Institution of Armenian Studies (Ermeni Araştırmaları Enstitüsü)'' and same year, the organisation started to publish a new journal called ''Review of Armenian Studies (Ermeni Çalışmalarının İncelenmesi) .'' With this institution, CESS aims to disproof the ideological and controversial Armenian theories about Turkey and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. In 2006, CESS founded another organisation called ''Institution of Crimes Against Humanity (İnsanlığa Karşı Suçlar Enstitüsü).''

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External links

* {{Official website, http://www.asam.org.tr/
Center for Eurasian Studies
Think tanks based in Turkey Armenian genocide denial