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Feb 19, 2024 · Coupled with Turkey’s disappointing EU membership talks, Erdogan’s transformative rule helped firmly anchor Turkey in Anatolia. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) encapsulates—par excellence—the rise of the Anatolians in the country. The AKP is a machine fueled by voters, businesses, elites, and an ethos rooted in Anatolia ...
Jan 26, 2024 · Despite the prospects for positive change, improving bilateral ties does not mean the U.S.-Turkey relationship is returning to its factory settings, nor that Ankara is coming back to the U.S. fold. The best way for U.S. officials to approach the new Turkey is to acknowledge that it is neither leaving nor embracing the West.
Apr 27, 2023 · Soner Cagaptay. They are historic because in the context of Turkish politics, either Erdoğan will lose and two decades of rule by President Erdoğan will come to an end, or he’ll win and stay ...
Jul 22, 2016 · Internal turbulence will drive down Turkey's economic standing in the short term, and as rule of law and judiciary independence are called into question, the economy's long-term prospects will suffer as well. Human rights violations will further strain bilateral relations, and Washington will be compelled to condemn Erdogan's violations of ...
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On paper, this year’s election presents formidable new challenges for Erdogan. For one thing, the Turkish economy has been in prolonged crisis. The Turkish currency has lost over 450percent of its value in the last five years and inflation has climbed steadily, nearing 100 percent. In the past, steady economic growth has been crucial to Erdogan’s s...
Erdogan’s greatest strength is his control of information. Given his overwhelming influence over the Turkish media and the fact that around 80 percent of the population is unable to read languages other than Turkish, shaping the message has become one of his most powerful tools for winning votes. Many people have gone to social media platforms in s...
As he has done in the past, Erdogan is also using Turkey’s electoral system to his advantage. Crucially, in 2022, he pushed through a law that will increase the chances that the AKP and the People’s Alliance can maintain control of Parliament. In the Turkish electoral system, the presidential vote procedure is straightforward: a winner can be chose...
The Turkish presidential contest may be the most consequential election this year. Either Erdogan will lose, giving Turkey a chance of restoring full democracy, or he will win and likely remain in power for the rest of his life. If he does so, any remaining independent institutions, including courts that have not yet fallen into his grasp, think ta...
Mar 11, 2023 · As Turkey's elections near, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Soner Cagaptay, an expert on Turkish politics, about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan political fate after last month's deadly earthquakes.
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Nov 16, 2021 · Turkish Operations Against the YPG. The YPG is the armed Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Turkish Kurdish group formally designated as a terrorist entity by Washington, Ankara, and other NATO members. In 2013, Bashar al-Assad vacated Syria’s northern border in order to distract Turkey from its goal of trying to oust his ...
