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Turkey Politics: Who Wins from Stirring the War against Kurds?

... recent events, economic troubles and super-presidential ambitions of Erdogan. Hence, for the sake of more votes the government may as well step up its efforts up to a small victorious war and the state of emergency in the Kurds-dominated southeast of Turkey. In absence of force majeure , the AK Party appears practically bereft of the winning chances, whereas Erdogan is vociferously accusing the electorate of having neglected his party to aggravate the conflict. Before the elections he said: "We need 400 deputies, and let the solution ...

10.09.2015

What Will the Power Shift Bring to Turkish Politics and to Turkey-Russia Relations?

... charge. Nevertheless, over the past decade the AK Party has tried to establish strong relations in the Middle East, and it was also relatively successful in this endeavor up until the Arab uprisings. From where we stand it is possible to argue that the AK Party is facing grave problems in its foreign policy due to Turkey’s mishandling of the ongoing civil war in Syria, the deteriorating state of affairs in Libya and regime change in Egypt. Thus, one of the main challenges of the new prime minister, and probably Erdogan, will be to find viable ways of pursuing ...

28.08.2014

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