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This R&D provides resources on Turkey’s political situation. Currently, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is bracing from a corruption scandal and is also taking on the Gulen Movement, a social and religious Islamic movement that is said to have a growing influence in Turkish politics.
AKP makes the case against Gulenists http://t.co/2EltXufQEF #Turkey
— Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr) January 16, 2014
Turkey’s PM went to war against the shadow state. Now it’s the only thing that can save him. http://t.co/UilusTtj0F – by @p_zalewski
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) January 15, 2014
Analysis: Erdogan may prevail at high cost in Turkey’s political civil war http://t.co/j8AhLLMI9h
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 13, 2014
The Turkish government is drafting legislation to restrict public access to certain websites – #Turkey #Erdogan http://t.co/ScjntqLqaE
— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) January 15, 2014
Washington should not allow Turkey’s authoritarian drift to undermine an invaluable alliance, says Bayram Balci. http://t.co/cwnORnRSTt
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) January 14, 2014
Corruption scandal in Turkey touches all levels of society http://t.co/CcnLK1U8M7
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 13, 2014
Erdogan tells Turkish ambassadors to spread word of ‘treacherous’ plot http://t.co/zdVW8riTBt
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 15, 2014
Will Turkish corruption scandal lead to return of military to politics? http://t.co/XCrMR9TexN @orkece cc:@latimes
— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) January 14, 2014
Turkey seeks way out of judicial crisis http://t.co/T3xEWzzqSs
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) January 15, 2014
Turkey’s political & cultural conflicts have raised concerns for a system that brought prosperity by @danieldombey http://t.co/A7NtzCIKl8
— Brian Katulis (@Katulis) January 14, 2014