Isolated to Syria’s north, Muslim but not Arab, an emerging economy in monetary peril, a strong NATO member with roguish mannerisms, a porous border facilitating the “godmothering” to Salafist and Takfirist groups and equally susceptible to the Kurdish problem, Turkey is in a quagmire. Much of this quagmire is of Ankara’s own making through its machinations, […]
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