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who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chav

sident Trump's national security adviser, did lucra- tive consulting work for a firm with ties to the government of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before and immediately after the 2016 election. Among other things, Flynn wrote an op-ed that urged the American government to expel Fethullah Gal

, and ways of doing things that had strengthened democratic governance in some of the more successful post-au- thoritarian societies, especially in Central Europe. More recently, modern authoritarian regimes have turned this concept on its head by sharing their own experiences with laws and tactics that have

ports French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday that France is recalling Ambassador to Turkey Herve Magro a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron's response to the beheading of a teacher who had shown students pictures of the prophet Muhamm

-recep-tayyip-erdogan-france- 22e80135791736411816634f4bfl9a0e6> (10/25, Ganley) reports, "A day after saying that Macron needed his head examined, [Erdogan] said Sunday that the French leader has `lost his way.'" Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.corn/news/articles/2020-10-25/turkey-steps-up-criticism-af

treet & Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC; 11:30 AM * Central European foreign ministers speak on Atlantic Council online event — `The U.S. and Central Europe: Shaping the post-COVID-19 transatlantic agenda' Atlantic Council virtual event as part of the Central Europe Week virtual series, with Slovak Repu

ented by Turkey's economic success and political stability, helps us understand the great popularity of and respect for the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, throughout the region and the world. Richard Falk is a professor emeritus of international law and practice who taught at Princeton University fo

ect for the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, throughout the region and the world. Richard F

ptions of his conversations with Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian who is the distinguished author of a number of well-regarded books on Eastern and Central Europe. Snyder, highly erudite and opinionated himself, is not your typical journalistic interviewer; the book is more a dialogue than an autobiography.

ented by Turkey's economic success and political stability, helps us understand the great popularity of and respect for the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, throughout the region and the world. Richard Falk is a professor emeritus of international law and practice who taught at Princeton University fo

ect for the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, throughout the region and the world. Richard F

tions of his conversations with Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian who is the distinguished author of a number of well-regarded books on Eastern and Central Europe. Snyder, highly erudite and opinionated himself, is not your typical journalistic interviewer; the book is more a dialogue than an autobiography.

is the first time in Turkey, however, that an Islamist-rooted government has openly declared another Islamic community its nemesis. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his close circle of advisers, pro- government journalists and well-coordinated army of "tweeps," have accused Fethullah Gillen and the Hizmet mo

being part of a "dirty operation, with external ties" aimed at overthrowing the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. Prime Minister Erdogan's war on Gillen and the Hizmet community comes as a shock to all and, as an event, is something new for Turkey. But it is quite an old and familiar

hat to do about the Jewish refugees, the survivors of the Nazi's final solution, most of whom were stranded in ramshackle displaced person camps in Central Europe, and some of whom wanted to migrate to Palestine. Truman was deeply sympathetic to the Jews' plight and defied the British, who still controlled Pa

on landslide victories in local polls. Opposition parties criticized the move as anti- democratic, saying it was the latest evidence that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is intent on marginalizing pro-Kurdish voices. The mayors — of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van provinces — are members of the opposition Peo

ty, or HDP, a pro- Kurdish party. Between them, they won nearly a million votes in local elections held in March — easily defeating candidates from Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP. Erdogan has frequently accused the HDP of links to the militant Kiirrlistan VVnrkars' Party nr PKK

er resignation and an independent inquiry into what they say was police brutality." -- Flexing its muscle, a rising China is investing heavily in Central Europe. But there are lots of strings attached, and some countries are already coming to regret the relationship. Michael Birnbaum reports: "Czech Presid

as buddies with the Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan, and is a good friend of the former Italian lead

short of suicidal rebellion, that resistance could take. The book lays out in riveting detail how Stalin prepared during World War II to dominate Central Europe, even as he was promising the United States and Britain that the region would be allowed to chart its own course. The Bolshevik subjugation of Russ

officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather than as the man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people. In Turkey, Erdogan has decreed that high school students should study the de- funct Ottoman language, challenging a nearly century-old reform linked to Mustafa Kemal At

es, and ways f doing things that had strengthened democratic governance in some of the more successful post-au- thoritarian societies, especially in Central Europe. ore recently, modern authoritarian regimes have turned this concept on its head by sharing their own experiences with laws and tactics that have th

ose who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chavez

nt democracy and a major force in the Middle East, the Caucasus, North Africa, the Balkans, and beyond. The election was a triumph for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has presided over his country's remarkable transformation. His party won more votes than all other parties combined, making him the first Turkis

ojects that will strengthen Turkey and help calm the world's most volatile region. Syrians who are racing toward Turkey in search of refuge represent Erdogan's most immediate challenge. Turkey has become not just a safe haven, but a model for what many Arabs would like to see their countries become. This m

lavia and Belarus or, at best, Ukraine. We, and they, may get lucky, and the revolutions in the Arab world may lead to something that looks more like Central Europe than like Central Asia. That would be a nice surprise, but we should not be placing large bets that this will actually happen. China, by the way, doe