Why America Should Seek to Come to Terms with Turkey
A Turkey problem, not an Erdogan problem.
September 3, 2020
A Turkey problem, not an Erdogan problem.
During his tenure as Turkey’s president, and before that as prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a source of frustration for the U.S.—supporting Hamas, intervening in Libya, and dismantling democracy at home. But, Michael Doran argues, two consecutive American presidents have failed to counter Erdogan effectively due to “a pervasive misdiagnosis of the problem.”
A Turkey problem, not an Erdogan problem.
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Remnants of a medieval community.
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During his tenure as Turkey’s president, and before that as prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a source of frustration for the U.S.—supporting Hamas, intervening in Libya, and dismantling democracy at home. But, Michael Doran argues, two consecutive American presidents have failed to counter Erdogan effectively due to “a pervasive misdiagnosis of the problem.”
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