Turkey’s Revolution Continues

Source:New York Times Date:29Jun2018

Mustafa Akyol’s analysis of Turkey’s Islamists is controversial, but thought-inspiring:   This sense of world historical importance distorts how conservatives are able to see the

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4 takeaways from Turkey’s elections

Source:European Council on Foreign Relations Date:27Jun2018

Despite Erdogan’s win, his ruling party, Justice and Development (AKP), has seen a decline in votes since the November 2015 elections ending at 42.5 percent, thereby making the Turkish president

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Washington warns Ankara not to buy S-400 systems

Source:PA Intelligence Date:27Jun2018

A top U.S. State Department official warned Turkey on Tuesday that its purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets would be jeopardized if it does not drop a plan to buy S-400

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US: ‘Turkish soldiers will not go into Manbij’

Source:Kurdistan24 Date:24Jun2018

Despite the start of the implementation of the “roadmap” for the Syrian city of Manbij—endorsed in a June 4 meeting between US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Turkish Foreign Minister,

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Erdogan’s back-pedaling reveals deep anxiety about elections

Source:PA Intelligence Date:23Jun2018

Turkey’s mighty president Recep Tayyip Erdogan may sound confident in public about sweeping both the presidential and general elections on Sunday, but literally speaking, he is running scared. He

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Turkey’s Wag-the-Dog Election

Source:Foreign Policy Date:23Jun2018

Actually, this tour-de-force  expose of Erdogan’s alliance with Gulen and the Syrian policy is about Turkey’s foreign policy dilemmas. I recommend a thorough read, though I disagree

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Reality Check: The numbers behind the crackdown in Turkey

Source:BBC news Date:21Jun2018

How a just effort to remove the Gulenist scourge from the state turned into a witch hunt: People who have been sacked by decree are given no information initially about what they are alleged to

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I Am Running for President in Turkey. From My Prison Cell.

Source:New York Times Date:21Jun2018

A must read for those who believe in democracy and fair play:  HDP leader Salahaddin Demirtas’ defense:   I am writing from a maximum-security prison in Edirne, a city in northwestern

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Turkey election: will Erdogan’s power grab backfire?

Source:Financial Times Date:21Jun2018

We want to thank FT for using our poll data in this article.   “Turkey is textbook unstable,” says Ryan Gingeras, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in California. “We

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Turkey elections: Can Erdogan really lose?

Source:Deutsche Welle Date:19Jun2018

Özer Sencar, who owns the opinion research institute Metropoll, has been following Erdogan’s career for 25 years. He says Erdogan has never run such a bad election campaign. Erdogan no

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