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Howard Eissenstat

France24,

August 17, 2017

“I don’t think Turkey, in my view, is trying to up the ante in its conflict with Germany… Turkey needs Germany a lot more than Germany needs Turkey.”

“What’s striking about today’s abuses isn’t that they’re innovative…—most would have quite normal in the 1990s—but rather that they represent a very clear rolling back of reforms that the AKP itself had implemented.”

Howard Eissenstat

Politico,

August 10, 2017

“My strong sense is that much of this is generated by prosecutors and facilitated by judges who are guessing at what the government wants… You have an environment where everyone is trying to demonstrate their loyalty.”

Nadwa Dawsari

Middle East Eye,

June 22, 2017

“The main problem with Saudi Arabia’s involvement was the regionalisation of the conflict, its transition from a civil war to a regionalised crisis. Now with Qatar isolated, it is likely that Yemen will become the battleground for this Gulf crisis.”

Merve Tahiroğlu

HuffPost,

January 1, 1970

“Trump has sanctioned Turkey before, but he does this in such a transactional way that the message is, I will sanction you now but you just have to give me one concession and I will lift it.”

Merve Tahiroğlu

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“Regardless of the oil’s origin and how many times it changed hands, it appears to have come to Turkey through Kurdish middlemen and smugglers. This is all part of the war economy we’ve been tracking along the Turkish-Syrian border.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“As in the case of Demirtas, the Turkish government has simply invested too much politically in demonizing Kavala. It is possible that Turkey will comply with the ruling, but I don’t expect it.”

Merve Tahiroğlu

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“Erdogan not only banks on his personal rapport with Trump to evade congressional pressure and minimize bilateral tensions. He is also emboldened by an American president who appears to share his contempt for media, dissent and rule of law.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“The United States with regard to Turkey, we’re the reverse of Machiavelli, we’re neither feared nor loved. It’s going to be a long haul.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“Turkey’s success [in Syria] has hidden, and still unclear costs, in Turkey’s relationship with the EU and the US. Likely not high, but that is uncertain.”

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