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MUCH MORE THAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS? ERDOĞAN’S MICRO-MANAGEMENT OF HIS EMPIRE
The upcoming municipal election in Turkey on 31 March is more than a simple municipal election. This is evident by the intense campaigning led by Ministers and even by the President Erdoğan himself, specifically for the candidate of the Justice and Development Party (AKP or Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) for the Istanbul mayorship. The two biggest cities in Turkey, Istanbul…
Erdogan says terrorists, not Greece, were target of his earlier threats
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, famous for his U-turns in domestic and international issues, said before a visit to Athens on Thursday that his threatening rhetoric toward Greece in the past was not meant for the country itself but for “terrorist elements,” the Greek Kathimerini daily reported. When Erdoğan was asked about his earlier threats against Greece and his specific statement about…
Turkey’s Erdoğan expects US to return favor for approving Sweden’s NATO bid, sell F-16’s
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expects the US to respond in kind and sell Ankara F-16 fighter jets after the Turkish parliament approved Sweden’s NATO membership bid. "As for the F-16 issue, we said to the other party: ‘The US has its Congress, and we have our own congress, that is, parliament, that will make a final decision . As…
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