Erdoğan sees nothing but opportunity in Syria
Dec 12, 2024Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria collapsed astonishingly quickly after insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave and took Damascus in a matter of days. For Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, however, it was not fast enough. He has been waiting for this moment since the Syrian uprising in 2011 and is determined to reap the benefits of Bashar al-Assad’s ousting ahead of Turkey’s 2028 elections.
About the Director
Gönül Tol
Tol is the founding director of MEI’s Turkish Studies program and an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East Studies. She has written extensively on Turkey-U.S. relations, Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy, and the Kurdish issue.
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Sheikh Muhammed A. J. Althani
Deborah K. Jones
Aldo Kaslowski
Mehmet Öğütçü
Namık Tan
Neslihan Tombul
Yaşar Yakış
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Evren Balta
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Seda Demiralp
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Howard Eissenstat
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Yörük Işık
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W. Robert Pearson
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Gönül Tol
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Çağdaş Üngör
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