Turkish advances towards the new alliance continue, and NATO powers have done little to counterbalance the Turkish drift towards a new ideology that threatens their disappearance from NATO altogether.
An uplifting takeaway from Turkey’s elections was voters’ commitment to electoral participation.
More economic and political crises await Turkey, but these crises will not harm Erdogan if the opposition does not adopt the right policy framework.
A 20th century backdrop that included a long experiment with secularism in the Middle East and North Africa offers explanatory value to understanding the current Turkish electoral context.
Many would love to be rid of Erdoğan – but regardless of the election results, Turkey will need strong and steady leadership and patience from Western leaders abroad.
Turkey has sought to cope with the crisis in two distinct ways and over two identifiable phases.
The determining factor of this historic election, ultimately, is the acceptance or rejection of Erdoğan.
Erdogan craves relevance and abhors isolation on the global stage. This will be what continues to bind NATO and Türkiye together.
Ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean represents an opportunity for the European Union to rethink its enlargement and cooperation policies.
Normalization is a sound policy, but it remains unclear how the question of genocide will fit into the idea of ‘relations without preconditions’.
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