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Nov 9, 2015

The Collapse of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party

By Aaron Stein

Just one week before the November 1 election, the average Turkish opinion polls suggested that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was on pace to win between 41-43 percent of the popular vote. Based on this data, a vast majority of Turkey analysis—this author included—wrote that the AKP would be emerge as the Turkey’s most […]

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Nov 6, 2015

Stein on Turkish Concern over US Support for Kurds

By Aaron Stein

The World Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aaron Stein on US-Turkish cooperation in Syria given the increasingly supportive stance of the United States toward Syrian Kurds:

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In the News

Nov 3, 2015

Ricciardone on Turkey’s Elections

By Francis Ricciardone

The Daily Sabah quotes Vice President and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone on the outcome of the recent election in Turkey and the implications for how Turkey will solve some of its most pressing issues in the future:

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In the News

Nov 3, 2015

Stein on Changing the Turkish Constitution

By Aaron Stein

The World Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aaron Stein on the AKP’s desire to change the presidential system in a change to the constitution:

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Nov 2, 2015

Stein on the AKP’s Win in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

Business Insider UK quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on the win of President Recep Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey’s elections:

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New Atlanticist

Nov 2, 2015

An Opportunity for Peace in Turkey

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Victory of President Erdoğan’s party presents an opportunity to restart peace talks with Kurdish terrorists, says Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein The victory of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Nov. 1 election has created an opportunity to restart peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists, said the Atlantic Council’s Aaron […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 2, 2015

In Turkey, President Erdoğan Prevails

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Formation of a new government a “strong plus” for Turkey’s relations with the United States, says Atlantic Council’s Francis J. Ricciardone Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) pulled off an unexpected victory in parliamentary elections on Nov. 1 that gives it enough seats to govern by itself. The result marked a […]

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In the News

Nov 2, 2015

Stein on Turkish Elections

By Aaron Stein

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aaron Stein on the voters’ concerns and the ultimate success of Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP):

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In the News

Nov 1, 2015

Stein on President Erdogan

By Aaron Stein

Buzzfeed quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aaron Stein on the implications of President Erdogan and his party’s victory in the recent Turkish elections:

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MENASource

Oct 30, 2015

Turkey’s Elections, Take Two

By Aaron Stein

Turkey’s satirical equivalent of the Onion, Penguen, published a political cartoon on its most recent front cover showing a Turkish voter casting his ballot with a caption that reads: “Oo abi hiç değişmemişsin” (Oh brother, you haven’t changed at all). On Sunday, Turkish voters will head to the polls for the fourth countrywide election since […]

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