“Whither Turkey?” is a question that has become one of the most pressing national security topics of our time. The available evidence – including notably the increasingly overt ambition of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to become the Caliph of a neo-Ottoman empire, his naked hostility toward the United States and the damage being done by Turkey to America’s vital interests and those of the rest of NATO and other allies like Israel and the Kurds – suggests the answer is alarming. That evidence is thoughtfully assessed in Ally No More, including in essays about the presence of Turkish influence operations and infrastructure that could bring here the threat posed to this country by Erdogan, as well, making it required reading for policy-makers and the public, alike.
Author(s): Clare M. Lopez, Harold Rhode, Christopher C. Hull, Daniel Pipes, David P. Goldman, Burak Bekdil, Uzay Bulut, Deborah Weiss
Publisher: Center for Security Policy Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 194
Tags: Erdogan, Turkey, politics, social studies, NATO, jihad, islamic terror, terrorism
Foreword ...................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 ....................................................................................................5
How to Understand Erdoğan & His Neo-Ottoman Strategy to
Destroy Ataturk’s Turkey BY HAROLD RHODE
Chapter 2 ..................................................................................................23
Turkey’s Partnership with the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood
BY CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY STAFF
Chapter 3 ..................................................................................................51
Gülen and Erdoğan: Partners on a Brotherhood Mission
BY CLARE M. LOPEZ
Chapter 4 ..................................................................................................67
When Thugs Fall Out: Erdoğan, Gülen, and the Turkish Lobby
Chapter 5 ..................................................................................................77
Erdoğan and Europe: The Fox and the Chicken Coop
BY CHRISTOPHER C. HULL
Chapter 6 ..................................................................................................89
NATO’s Turkey Challenge BY DANIEL PIPES
Chapter 7 ..................................................................................................97
President Erdoğan’s Economic and Demographic Crises
BY DAVID P. GOLDMAN
Chapter 8 ............................................................................................... 103
Election 2019: Erdoğan’s Existential War BY BURAK BEKDIL
Chapter 9 ............................................................................................... 125
Turkey’s War on Minority Schools BY UZAY BULUT
Chapter 10 ............................................................................................. 141
Censorship in Turkey: The Obliteration of Turkey’s
Independent Media BY DEBORAH WEISS
References............................................................................................. 155
Index......................................................................................................... 183
