Judy Asks: Is Erdoğan Destroying Turkey?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world each week. In this feature experts discuss the question 'Is Erdoğan Destroying Turkey?'

+ Bayram Balci - Research engineer at the Sciences Po Center for International Studies
+ Dimitar Bechev - Visiting scholar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University
+ Kristian Brakel - Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Istanbul
+ Bahadır Kaleağası - International coordinator of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD)
+ Renad Mansour - El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center
+ Kati Piri - Member of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
+ Gianni Riotta - Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
+ Marietje Schaake - Vice-chair of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United States

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Turkey’s slippery slope to Syria http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkeys-slippery-slope-to-syria/

ESO: Background information: Turkey and its relationship with the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecfrs-world-in-30-minutes-turkey-and-its-relationship-with-the-eu/

ESO: Background information: Turkey’s academic petition affair: How Erdoğan’s attacks on critical academics are likely to bolster his support http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkeys-academic-petition-affair-how-erdogans-attacks-on-critical-academics-are-likely-to-bolster-his-support/

ESO: Background Information: Istanbul Bombing Reflects Whirlwind of Regional Challenges Overwhelming Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/istanbul-bombing-reflects-whirlwind-of-regional-challenges-overwhelming-turkey/

Spiegel Online International, 19.04.16: Kurdish Opposition Leader Demirtas: 'Erdogan Wants a Caliphate' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/interview-with-kurdish-opposition-leader-demirtas-a-1087857.html

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