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Turkish Counter-Insurgency Against Kurds.pdf |
Turkey’s crackdown on Kurdish politicians, officials, news outlets, schools, municipalities, think tanks and even charities has been so thoroughgoing that it has left those who remain free expecting arrest at any moment. – New York Times
Turkey’s third-quarter GDP has shrunk 1.8 per cent — its first year on year decline since 2009 — confirming a deterioration in the country’s consumption-driven economy as its currency falls, inflation remains stubbornly high and citizens pull back on spending. – Financial Times
Yaroslav Trofimov writes: Mr. Erdogan’s Turkey has come to look increasingly like just another troubled corner of the Middle East. And, many Turks and Westerners fear, the country is becoming infected with the same sicknesses—intolerance, autocracy, repression—that have poisoned the region for decades. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)