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Beyer Fellow & Director of the Turkish Program at The Washington Institute, Historian, Author of ♥s & RYT 200 🧘🏻‍♂️

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    Unknown person(s) fired shots at US Embassy in Ankara, no casualties, according to Turkish news wire IHA. Attackers targeted security guard cabin. Police is already looking after the white car where shots came from

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    “We stand by our NATO al­lies dur­ing this chal­leng­ing time, proudly stand on guard at the front lines to face fu­ture threats to our col­lec­tive se­cu­rity and ex­pect noth­ing less from our al­lies”read more from ⁦⁩ in ⁦⁩

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    Former US ambassador to Turkey appointed as Syria representative

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    Aug 18

    Putin dances, speaks German at Austrian FM’s wedding DETAILS:

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    10 hours ago

    LATEST — Qatar and Turkey’s central banks sign currency swap agreement, days after Doha pledges $15 billion in support of Turkish economy

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    16 hours ago

    The Turkish government's new 5-year anti-smoking plan includes non-smokers going home from work 30 minutes early, getting 7 days' extra leave a year and getting discounts on insurance premiums, plus tax cuts for businesses employing no smokers at all.

    Sigara içmeyen çalışanlara sevindirici haber... Mesaisi daha erken bitecek, sigorta primleri düşürülecek... …
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  7. 17 hours ago

    Can’t agree with this: Turkey is not Russia. Turkey has had democratic elections longer than has had Spain. Putin easily wins with 60-70 % support in Russia, Erdogan barely crosses 50 %. The bottom line is that Turkey remains pluralistic and diverse, and is inherently democratic

    I agree w this... kinda. But let's try this: "we need to deal w Russia, not Putin." …
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    17 hours ago

    La solitudine di Recep Tayyip . La riflessione di

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    Aug 18

    A on the perils of Erdogan’s power grab by in today's

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  10. Aug 18

    Conventional wisdom in DC regarding Turkey, driven by Reductio ad Erdoganum was wrong when it rallied for him to "make Turkey more democratic". It is wrong again, suggesting to kick Turkey out of NATO, etc. to punish Erdogan. US policy needs to be about Turkey, not its government

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    Aug 18

    Turkey's ruling AK Party to change more than half of the members of its top executive body, the Central Executive and Decision Board, in its ordinary convention that will also see the party changing its bylaws in accordance with the presidential system

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    Aug 18

    President Erdoğan blames the turmoil in Turkish financial markets on a foreign conspiracy. His critics say the root causes can be found in his management of the economy and the erosion of the country’s institutions. Weekend big read:

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    Aug 17

    We congratulate Ambassador James Jeffrey on his appointment today as 's Special Representative for Syria Engagement. Details:

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    Aug 17

    The World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, USA, 1893 Chicago Fuarı, Amerika, 1893

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    Aug 17

    Ara Güler Museum in Istanbul opens

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    Aug 17

    Top 20 museums in Turkey

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    Aug 17

    Turkish aerospace is the sole supplier for certain F-35 components. Hence the Mattis letter and the subsequent revision of NDAA language. Concern is looming congressional action will force this same office to find new suppliers … and how that could impact future deliveries

    F-35 Joint Program Office 'to execute current plans' with Turkey
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    According to , while 65% of AKP supporters blame "foreign powers" for currency crisis, only 4% of them criticize Turkish government.

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  19. Aug 17

    Ataturk 1933

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  20. Aug 17

    Important to note: “Turkey's Economy May Be in Freefall, But Erdogan's Base Believes He Can Do No Wrong.” My take published in

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