By Mehmet Enes Beşer On 20–21 July, ASEAN’s Smart Cities Network held its ninth annual meeting. On 21 July, ASEAN granted Türkiye Dialogue Partner status. The two developments were largely treated as separate: one concerned urban policy, the other foreign policy. Ankara should connect them. Its new access to ASEAN will produce more value when Bursa, Gaziantep, Konya and İzmir ...