Erdogan’s “New Turkey” has features that make a long-term alliance with the West difficult, if not impossible.
He should have known better than to pose for a photo with Erdogan.
With the full might of the Turkish State apparatus and full control of the media, Erdogan secured a victory from just a little over half the population. A few points up or down doesn’t change the big picture.
The Turkish economy is in trouble — the lira has depreciated almost 20 percent since the beginning of the year — and there is a growing opposition to the personality-cult Turkey’s strongman wants to build.
The absurdity of life in Turkey may be a natural outcome of the authoritarian drift at the top.
The Kurdish conflict is also at the heart of the demise of Turkish democracy.
Jerusalem is little more than a narrative tool used by political interests around the world.
A forever fight with Kurds everywhere all the time will rattle Turkey in more ways than one.