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Sinan Ciddi (@SinanCiddi) is a nonresident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he contributes to FDD’s Turkey Program and Center on Military and Political Power.
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The Middle East Institute’s Turkey Program is proud to present an event to discuss the complex post-election dynamics currently roiling Turkey. As President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposes drafting a new constitution, his opponents fear he will take the country in an even more conservative and authoritarian direction. What is Erdoğan’s conception for the country and how do his latest policy steps fit into that vision? What does the Turkish opposition’s disarray mean for Erdoğan’s efforts to consolidate his autocracy?
Erdogan’s visit to the United States is unlikely overcome the current deadlock in the bilateral Turkey-US ties, but the Turkish leader is set to meet his Israeli and Greek counterparts in New York.
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