It’s not just a united opposition running against the incumbent government, but they’re putting forth a proposition to change the nature of the regime
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An opposition win on May 14 could be a game changer, both for Turkey and the West. It would represent a triumph of democracy and a blow against entrenched authoritarianism.
This Europe is not the Europe of a decade or two decades ago when Erdogan first came to power, and Turkey’s accession talks started
He wants to appear as a strong leader who represents Turkey’s interests, etc., in an election campaign context.
What has arrived so far is not even close to being enough
Russia, backed by China, has been limiting international humanitarian assistance for years, in an attempt to deplete rebel-held areas and redirect aid toward Damascus
With Turkey’s best and brightest either imprisoned or sidelined, a spirit of mediocrity has permeated the country’s governance
Without Bab al-Hawa, there is little prospect of getting cross-border aid into northwestern Syria, where the crossing is
Erdogan might have started something that was partly for his electoral success, but now it has ignited protests and other parties in Turkey are also using this
It may be counter-intuitive, but the path towards meeting these U.S. and Western interests rests on getting a deal between the different actors before new escalation erupts.
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Julien Barnes-Dacey write about a new path for Syria’s Kurds