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Please join Gönül Tol, Director of MEI’s Turkey Program, for a discussion of her newest book, Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. In conversation with Robert Worth, New York Times, Tol will discuss Erdoğan’s ideological evolution from a conservative democrat to an Islamist and Turkish nationalist, as well as how his ideological transformation impacts policy on Syria and Turkey’s wars.  A light lunch will be served.  Speakers

Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in mid-2023, amid a deepening economic crisis, growing anger toward millions of refugees unable to return to war-torn Syria, and growing alienation of Turkish youth from the governing regime. The Turkish opposition has managed to capitalize on the country's problems to appeal to a larger constituency, but President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's latest steps might undermine the opposition's chances and bolster his prospects. What is the opposition's strategy to beat Erdoğan? What is Erdoğan's strategy to extend his 2...

Expert regional analysis by MEI scholars and contributors.

ANKARA: Turkey has appointed a new ambassador to Israel, as both countries move to end four years in the diplomatic wilderness. Sakir Ozkan Torunlar has been named to fill the role left empty after the two regional powers expelled each other’s ambassadors in 2018 in a row over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli forces during protests on the Gaza border. His appointment

Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in mid-2023, amidst a deepening economic crisis, growing anger toward millions of refugees unable to return to wartorn Syria, and an increasing alienation of Turkish youth from the governing regime.