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Kayhan Ozer / Reuters Turks Have Voted Away Their Democracy
Erdoğan’s election victory advances his vision of absolute control.
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Sertac Kayar / Reuters The Fate of Turkey’s Democracy Lies With the Kurds
Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, Ankara is expected to tamper with the vote and make life difficult for members of the embattled minority group.
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Handout via Reuters / Kayhan Ozer Turkey's Dangerous Game of 'Hostage Diplomacy'
How an American pastor became a political pawn for Erdogan
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Umit Bektas/Reuters The Unyielding Paranoia of Recep Tayyip Erdogan
A major sanctions case could further imperil an already fraught relationship between Washington and Ankara, and reveal the Turkish president’s illicit dealings.
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Azad Lashkari / REUTERS 'It’s Never a Good Time for the Iraqi Kurds to Become Independent'
The Turkish government believes that their self-determination represents an existential threat.
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Aaron Bernstein Striking an Impossible Balance in Turkey
The U.S. war against ISIS depends on the Kurds—an inconvenient fact for Jim Mattis's visit to Ankara.
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Huseyin Aldemir / Reuters What Turkey's Election Observers Saw
Behind the allegations of fraud marring Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim to have won a constitutional referendum
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Murad Sezer/ Reuters The Decline and Fall of Turkish Democracy
How a constitutional referendum could give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan undisputed power
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AP Turkey Is Unraveling
The country continues to descend into uncertainty following the assassination of the Russian ambassador.
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Kenan Gurbuz / Reuters Voices of Turkey's Purged
"I sent my son to serve the country and now he’s in jail."
