By Dmitri Shufutinsky, April 23, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey poses a long-term threat to the security of the Middle East. Containing Neo-Ottomanism requires a defensive policy that integrates Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and the Kurds into a regional alliance.
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Erdogan’s choice of press corps for his Russia trip suggests that a more hawkish faction among the pro-AKP media is likely to gain access to the president’s ear.
Merve Tahiroglu | Research Analyst
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party appears to have lost control of city hall in Ankara and may lose Istanbul as well, where unofficial results put the opposition slightly ahead.
Jonathan Schanzer | Senior Vice President for ResearchAykan Erdemir | Senior Fellow Merve Tahiroglu | Research Analyst
By BENNY AVNI, Special to the Sun | April 3, 2019
https://www.nysun.com/foreign/turkeys-voters-stun-erdogan-stoking-his-ire/90635/
Turkish voters punished their ruling party in municipal elections over the weekend. That could be a good omen for America -- unless the strategically crucial country has already drifted too far from Washington.
For the first time in a quarter-century, parties opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored major victories in local elections. Erdogan's Islamist Justice and Development Party, or AKP, lost eight major cities to secularist candidates. Especially stinging for the AKP were losses in the capital, Ankara, and in Istanbul, the country's economic nerve center.
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When I visited Turkey last year, it was clear that President Erdogan was on a path to break with the traditions of Ataturk and the secular state. In a period when the global impact of the various strands of Islam are having significant global impact, the President of Turkey has focused on emphasizing Turkey’s Islamic…
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said today that he expects the Pentagon to deliver the Patriot air defense system to Turkey even as Ankara eyes a fall installation date for the Russian S-400.
With Congress threatening sanctions if Turkey acquires the Russian S-400 and the Pentagon warning that Turkey could lock itself out of the F-35 fighter jet program, the Turkish president’s son-in-law took his case directly to President Donald Trump.