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  1. Background Essay
    The New Sultan And The Crisis Of Modern Turkey
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    The New Sultan And The Crisis Of Modern Turkey

    The failed coup of July 15, 2016 has irreversibly transformed Turkish politics. Although the coup attempt was thankfully thwarted, the path that Erdogan chose to take after the coup—using the state of emergency powers he was given to go specifically after coup plotters, to embark instead on a much broader campaign against all dissidents, many of whom possessed no ties to the coup in any form—highlights an unfortunate truth about the country: Turkey is in a deep crisis.

    July 31, 2018 by Soner Cagaptay via undefined via Strategika
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    Is Turkey No Longer Part Of The West?
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    Is Turkey No Longer Part Of The West?

    Almost a century has passed since the Ottoman Empire was dismembered and Mustafa Kemal set out to build the modern Turkish state on its ruins. Twenty years ago, no one in the West would have called into question the achievement of the man who eventually, with considerable justice, styled himself Atatürk (“Father of the Turks”). But many now fear that the political and cultural revolution he instigated in the 1920s will be overturned and that Turkey will cease to function as normal nation state, turn on the West, and try to upend the existing order in the eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

    July 31, 2018 by Paul Rahe via undefined via Strategika
    Erdogan’s Turkey And NATO
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    Erdogan’s Turkey And NATO

    The phrase “the struggle for Turkey’s soul” once served as shorthand for the perceived conflict between the country’s secular democratic values and Muslim religious values. With the July 8, 2018 inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Turkey’s President, democratic values and Muslim values now struggle with hyper-empowered Erdogan’s personal political goals and his devilish acquisition of authoritarian power.

    July 31, 2018 by Austin Bay via undefined via Strategika
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Discussion Questions For Educators And Policy Makers Suggestions for Further Reading Download the Issue as a PDF
  1. Is our NATO ally Turkey emerging as a regional power that is hostile, neutral, or can remain a partner to American strategic concerns?
  2. The West Must Embrace Its Anatolian Ally Or Russia Will
  3. Fall of Afrin: Turkey’s Vietnam or Washington’s nightmare?
  4. Erdogan’s Turkey And NATO
  5. Is Turkey No Longer Part Of The West?
  6. The New Sultan And The Crisis Of Modern Turkey
  7. What Happened To The ‘Special Relationship’?
  8. Uneasy Allies: America, Turkey, And The Kurds
  9. Erdogan's Turkey Is A Dubious Ally
  10. Turkey Between Ataturk and Erdogan

Our present relationship with Turkey is best characterized as:

Turkey is now a de facto enemy given its Neo-Ottoman trajectory under the anti-democratic Erdogan.
27%
Turkey should leave NATO and be treated as a neutral non-belligerent such as Egypt or Jordan.
22%
Keep quiet and hope that Erdogan is a passing fad and not an indication of permanent political change.
5%
The U.S. must work with Erdogan on an ad hoc, realist basis when common interests arise.
43%
The U.S. should urge European Union status for Turkey and strengthen ties even with Erdogan.
3%
Total votes: 88
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