To Progress and Back: The Rise and Fall of Erdogan’s Turkey

No other state has catapulted itself into the future quite as rapidly, nor relapsed back into its dark past as suddenly, as Turkey. First there was modernisation, and now the beginnings of a civil war. The country is divided by mistrust and hate.

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ESO: Background information: Turkish general election, November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkish-general-election-1-november-2015/

ESO: Background information: Turkey polls loom as coalition talks collapse http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-polls-loom-as-coalition-talks-collapse-turkish-president-erdogan-announces-snap-general-election/

ESO: Background information: The renewed Turkey-PKK conflict has shattered the illusion that Kurds can participate legitimately in Turkey’s political system http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-renewed-turkey-pkk-conflict-has-shattered-the-illusion-that-kurds-can-participate-legitimately-in-turkeys-political-system/

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