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Turkey-Based Schools in U.S. Continue to Attract Negative Attention

Source:Center for Immigration Studies Date:21Jan2019

The truth about  Gulen schools in US: Meanwhile, a much larger group of educational institutions, all allied with Gulen, continue to receive heavy criticism, but continue to operate, fully-funded

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Turkey’s state of permanent crisis serves Erdogan

Source:The Arab Weekly Date:20Jan2019

In their 2018 book “How Democracies Die,” Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt noted that “blatant dictatorship — in the form of fascism, communism or military rule — has

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Istanbul, the flashpoint of Turkey’s crisis and looming elections

Source:al Monitor Date:19Jan2019

The opposition is rather optimistic, given that the AKP got 42% in the general elections in June 2018, a notable decline from nearly 50% in November 2015. Moreover, it had to seek an electoral

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US erodes Turkey-Russia Axis in Syria

Source:Newsclick Date:19Jan2019

While the tone of the article somewhat controversial, the authors observations are to the  point and cover veyr well the interconnection between Syria and the major decision Ankara has to reach

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Trump’s Syrian Detente With Erdogan Masks Rot That Runs Deep

Source:Bloomberg Date:18Jan2019

“Turkey-U.S. relations have not improved, and will not improve,” said Bill Park, a senior lecturer specializing in Turkish foreign and security policy at King’s College in London. “There are too

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Opposition reports false voter registrations in Turkey

Source:Deutsche Welle Date:18Jan2019

False registration is a sign of how desperate AKP is, which falling behind in polls across the board:   More than 200 voters live in the same apartment in Bingol, a city in eastern Anatolia.

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As economy sours, Erdogan’s party could lose grip on big cities in local polls

Source:Reuters Date:17Jan2019

Two party sources told Reuters that two of its internal polls showed support for the AKP had fallen to 32-35 percent, before accounting for the 30 percent of voters still undecided. In 2014 local

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Syria war: ‘IS suicide bomber’ kills US troops in Manbij

Source:BBC News Date:17Jan2019

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has previously criticised Mr Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria, said on Wednesday that the move could encourage IS attacks and “set

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AKP voters increasingly unhappy with Turkish economy

Source:Ahval News Date:16Jan2019

Even supporters of the AKP and its far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) allies are unhappy with the economic outlook ahead of local elections on March 31. Pollster Istanbul Ekonomi

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Exchange of non-papers between Turkey and US aims to set political framework for post-US pullout

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:16Jan2019

The non-paper “demonstrates our vision on how we see the framework of the coordination and cooperation that we are trying to establish with the United States after their decision to withdraw from

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