Posts Tagged: Erdogan Turkey
How Turkey’s Courts Turned on Erdogan’s Foes
It took 16 judges to convict Kurdish politicians Gultan Kisanak and Sebahat Tuncel of belonging to a terrorist organization last year. Their trial in Diyarbakir, the...
Turkey’s Erdogan Makes a Risky Regional Power Bid
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s relations with his US and European allies are strained over unilateral Turkish moves in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s acquisition of a Russian...
Islamist Parties in Turkey: A Perpetual Matryoshka
The principal ideologue and leader of Islamism in Turkey was Necmettin Erbakan (1926-2011), none of whose various political parties managed to win enough of a...
Erdogan Says Turkey Hits Back After Syrian Shells Kill Turkish Troops
Turkey said on Monday it struck dozens of Syrian government targets after five of its soldiers were killed in northwest Syria's Idlib region, an incident...
Washington and Ankara: Sweet Words, But Differences Remain
“Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool. I will call you later,” Donald Trump ended his undiplomatic letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey’s Anti-Israel, Anti-Western Policies Could Outlast Erdogan
Many believe Turkey will return to “Western normality” as soon as Recep Tayyip Erdogan finishes his political career. But Turkey’s behavior is influenced by the...
The Beginning of the End of the Erdogan Era?
JNS.org - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s downfall in the runoff mayoral election in Istanbul -- Turkey’s largest city -- was more than just another...
Erdogan’s Loss Is Israel’s Gain
JNS.org - When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared, during the lead-up to the country’s March 31 municipal elections, that “whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey,”...
Erdogan Says Turkey Committed to Russian Missile Defense Deal
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was out of the question for Turkey to take a step back from its deal with Moscow...
Erdogan Says to Keep Up Election Challenge, but Turkey Must Move On
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday his AK Party would keep up its challenge to the Istanbul election results after the main opposition candidate...
Erdogan Suffers Major Setbacks in Local Elections in Turkey’s Big Cities
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered stunning setbacks in local elections as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first...
On Missile Deal, Turkey’s True Ally Is Russia, Not America
The Trump administration has offered to sell $3.5 billion worth of Patriot missiles to Turkey, apparently in an effort to stop Ankara from going ahead...
The US-Turkey Diplomatic Crisis
The current Turkish-American diplomatic crisis is fundamentally different from other such crises in 1964 or 1975. Turkish public sentiment in the 1960s and 1970s was...
What Erdogan’s ‘Election’ Will Mean for Turkey — and the World
The re-election of Turkey’s President Erdogan -- falsely considered to be free, fair, and representative of the will of the majority of the Turkish population -- has dire implications,...
