Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Commentary

One Hearty Party

Thomas de Waal | Jun 15, 2011
Turkey and Georgia beware: the road to authoritarianism is paved with successful one-party rule.

Assad Stands Alone

Henri J. Barkey | Jun 14, 2011
Even longtime ally Turkey has finally seen the writing on the wall. Syria's fall is inevitable.

Turkey’s Doing It Without the Fez On

Michael C. Desch | Oct 26, 2010
Turkey's policies are becoming more globalized, more Islamic and more assertive. And that's a good thing for the United States.

The Inventors of Chutzpah

Benny Morris | Sep 23, 2010
The Turks have a lot of nerve accusing Israel of atrocities.

The Turkish-American Split

Morton Abramowitz
Henri J. Barkey
| Jun 17, 2010
We shouldn’t scold Turkey for pursuing its own interests in the Middle East.

NATO & Israel

James Joyner | Jun 03, 2010
The flotilla raid could cause our relations with Ankara to implode—and severely harm the transatlantic alliance.

Falling Out

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 23, 2010
America’s deteriorating relationship with Turkey is likely to get even worse.

The Sick Man

Henri J. Barkey | Mar 03, 2010
Turkey’s growing domestic instability is bad news for U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Talking to Turkey

Morton Abramowitz
Henri J. Barkey
| Dec 07, 2009
As Erdogan visits, Obama should seek to restore confidence in Ankara’s alliance with the West.

Turkish Election Fever

Thomas Goltz | Jul 09, 2007
Continuing National Interest coverage of Turkey, Thomas Goltz reports on how the Kurdish question is influencing the run-up to the July 22 parliamentary elections.

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