Turkey

Turkey’s president: Short term victory, long term trouble

May 15, 2018 By Conn Hallinan

Erdogan’s seemingly overwhelming strength is not as solid as it appears, and the moves the President is making to insure a victory next month may come back to haunt him in the long run.

Alliances and counter-alliances: The great game comes to Syria

April 19, 2018 By Conn Hallinan

The war in Syria is coming to an end, and at this point Iran, Russia, and Turkey seem to be the only actors who have a script that goes beyond lobbing cruise missiles at people.

The tortured politics behind the Persian Gulf crisis

July 27, 2017 By Conn Hallinan

The splintering of the powerful Gulf Cooperation Council into warring camps has less to do with disagreements over foreign policy and religion than with internal political and economic developments in the Middle East.

Turkish opposition parties raise alarm about legitimacy of Erdogan’s referendum

April 17, 2017 By Associated Press And Combined Sources

The Communist Party of Turkey, or TKP, also issued a strong statement, saying: “The referendum results… do not have any legitimacy. Those who attempt to celebrate this result mock the people.”

Turkey’s President Erdogan seeks dictator-like power in referendum

April 6, 2017 By Conn Hallinan

Erdogan is out to dismantle Turkey’s political system and empower himself to dismiss parliament, control the judiciary, and rule by decree.