How Turkey’s Leaders Are Exploiting Egypt’s Coup
U.S. News & World Report July 8, 2013 If you’re reading the American press, you might think that the protests in Turkey have died down. Nothing could be further from the truth. Stranger still, if...
View ArticleA Frolic with Fethullah Gülen
Ricochet February 4, 2015 My fellow editors asked me if I’d care to comment on Fethullah Gülen’s op-ed in The New York Times. I was uncertain whether I could do it without violating our Code of...
View ArticleAnatomy Of A Power Struggle
he Journal of International Security Affairs December 19, 2012 While Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan needs no introduction, the Turkish imam Fethullah Gülen is probably the most important...
View ArticleWhat’s Behind Turkey’s Unrest
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT June 4, 2013 The media coverage of the upheaval in Turkey has been extensive, but certain points have been insufficiently emphasized. The story began as a peaceful sit-in in...
View ArticleDon’t rejoice yet: Erdoğan could still win
Don’t rejoice yet: Erdoğan could still win Forming a coalition in Turkey will be a nightmare, and the strongman has the trump cards. Politico.eu, June 15, 2015 For 13 years, the escape routes from...
View ArticleIn Turkey, it’s all about the palace
Erdoğan’s message to Turks: Vote correctly next time! By Claire Berlinski and Okan Altiparmak Politco.eu, August 4, 2015 Don’t forget what’s really at stake for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan....
View ArticleErdogan Isn’t Finished
The game isn’t over for Erdoğan and the AKP. Now would be a good time for the West to pay attention to what’s going on in Turkey. The American Interest June 22, 2015 The euphoria to which Turkey’s June...
View ArticleTrump, Gingrich, Thatcher, and Me – The American Interest
When historical revisionism takes hold in a society, it’s time to get scared. It’s happened in Turkey and Germany, and now it’s happening here. Source: Trump, Gingrich, Thatcher, and Me – The American...
View ArticleLast-Minute Thoughts on Marine Le Pen
Published on Ricochet, April 23, 2017 By the end of the day, journalists will at last be able to stop writing the same column about “the most unpredictable election ever” and the awful choices France...
View ArticleGuilty Men
HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE Turkish democracy didn’t die all at once in last week’s referendum; it’s been languishing for years. Why did so many in the West fail to notice? Published in The American Interest...
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