The limits of championing liberal democracy in a multipolar world.
Tag: Erdogan, Recep Tayyip
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Turkey’s Erdogan Finally Endorses Finland’s NATO Bid, but Not Sweden’s
With a difficult election coming in May, the Turkish president keeps insisting that Sweden is harboring alleged Kurdish terrorists and other dissidents.
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Will This Earthquake Be Erdogan’s Undoing?
The Turkish government’s disastrous response to the recent earthquakes has exposed the false promise of strongman rule.
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A Rival for Erdogan Emerges as Opposition Parties Pick a Candidate
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Turkey’s largest opposition party, and his allies are looking to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who they say has damaged the country’s democracy.
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A New 5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Turkey
The latest temblor, measuring 5.2 in magnitude, shook parts of the same area stricken by a far stronger quake on Feb. 6 that killed more than 50,000 people in the country and in neighboring Syria.