energyELIAMEP Working Paper 47/2014, authored by Mr Pantelis Touloumakos, ELIAMEP Junior Research Fellow, analyses the role of 4 leading Turkish think tanks in Turkish foreign policy. These are: TASAM (Türk Asya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi – Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies), TESEV (Türk Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı – Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation), TEPAV (Türk Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etüdler Vakfı – Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey), and SAM (Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi – Center for Strategic Research). The study is divided in three parts: the introductory part examines the general characteristics of the aforementioned Turkish think tanks and their internal organisation; in the second part, the range of Turkish think tanks activities per country or per region are analyzed thoroughly; and in the third part of the study, some conclusions about these activities are drawn.