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Ahval,

November 1, 2019

“Courts in Turkey were never fully independent. But Erdoğan’s subjugation of the judiciary is unmatched in recent history. During his 18 years in power, Erdoğan has hollowed out Turkey’s judiciary, packing key judicial positions.”

Ahval,

November 1, 2019

“We have a heightened militarism inside Turkey. Ultra-nationalist feelings are boosted, there are all sorts of militant spectacles, and this helps crystallise anti-Kurdish sentiment.”

Ahval,

October 31, 2019

“I think it’s really important to contextualize Turkey’s foreign policy with the growing domestic repression and increasingly what we’re calling a one-man regime.”

Ahval,

October 30, 2019

“I think the core issue is that successive administrations have believed the diplomatic costs of such a resolution were simply too high.”

Al-Monitor,

October 23, 2019

“Voter mobilization for Kais Saied was strong… it will be fascinating to watch how Saied translates his decisive mandate into tangible change for Tunisians. Tunisia is entering a new political phase whose contours and tenor is not yet clear.”

Washington Post,

October 16, 2019

“We are used to thinking about the U.S. as a superpower that’s able to step into problems and leverage responses favorable to its interests and its ideals pretty handily. [But in this case] we’ve so sabotaged ourselves that we’re not able to do it.”

Al-Monitor,

October 16, 2019

“The steel tariff is laughable. Turkey doesn’t sell very much steel to us at all. The penalties on the ministries of defense, interior and energy don’t preclude any intergovernmental relations and, in any case, wouldn’t be activated for 30 days.”

The Telegraph,

October 11, 2019

“It isn’t that US officials didn’t know about Turkey’s concerns regarding the YPG/PKK. It is that they decided that the immediate benefits of cooperating with the YPG outweighed the longterm concerns of Turkey.”

France24,

October 10, 2019

“It’s likely that Erdogan would make life difficult for Europe if Europe made life difficult for him… [even] stringent sanctions contemplated by some US senators wouldn’t be sufficient to change the contours of Turkey’s policy at this stage.”

Middle East Eye,

October 7, 2019

“[Military aid] is not an entitlement and these human rights violations are of US national security concern and they need to be addressed.”

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