Following a conference in March 2009 entitled ‘Combating International Terrorism: Turkey’s Added Value’. The co-sponsor RUSI (London defence plus think tank, I am also a member) has just published a paper on the bilateral exchange had on counter-terrorism best practice between the UK and Turkey, plus the various dimensions of the terrorist threat in Turkey and the country’s response to it.

Paper: http://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets..._terrorism.pdf

Aside from Turkey's strategic position and range of hostile internal groups it is a secular, overwhelmingly Muslim nation - so there maybe lessons to learn.