Women Peace and Security Policy Reports for Turkey 1 Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Turkey and Women in Diplomacy: How to Integrate the WPS Agenda in Turkish Foreign Policy Zeynep Alemdar Barçın Yinanç As of 2020 which marks the 20th anniversary of Resolution 1325, Turkey is not among the 86 UN Member States which have adopted a National Action Plan (NAP) to implement the Resolution. The absence of an NAP overshadows the Turkish government’s stated policy of pursuing ‘a proactive approach towards the UN striving to contribute effectively to all major issues on the UN Agenda’. i To the best of our knowledge, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has decided to take ownership of the issue and held a national coordination meeting in June 2016. ii However, the failed coup attempt in July 2016 reshuffled the priorities, putting the NAP on the back burner. Gleaned from the interviews for this project, we understand that the MFA is now ready to start a new initiative among relevant ministries for the preparation of an NAP. Not surprisingly, among the burning questions of Turkish foreign policy, it is proving difficult to attach priority to the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. Yet, a different look at the content of the Resolution reveals the benefits of the WPS agenda in Turkish foreign policy, as the ways this agenda touches issues such as refugees and asylum, foreign aid, and peacekeeping would suggest the importance of an NAP for Turkey. The militarisation trend in Turkish foreign policy, revealed in tensions with Greece, military operations in Iraq and Syria, the military presence in Libya, the number of refugees in Turkey and Turkey’s growing importance in world politics all highlight the importance of conflict resolution and diplomacy. Including a women’s perspective in this field, meaning increasing the number of women diplomats in mediation efforts, interjecting the WPS