RELEASE: CAP Briefs Outline Deterioration of U.S.-Turkey Relations and Key Electoral Trends in Turkey
March 12, 2015
Contact: Tom Caiazza
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Email: tcaiazza@americanprogress.org
Washington, D.C. — President Barack Obama made a major political investment in Turkey when he took office in hopes of gaining a valuable strategic partner on key Middle Eastern issues and helping repair relations with the Muslim world. This investment has not been reciprocated. The ruling Justice and Development Party and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have handled domestic and regional developments in ways that have undermined the pillars of the U.S.-Turkey partnership.
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