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Can the Kurds Redeem Erdogan’s Faltering Image? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Can the Kurds Redeem Erdogan’s Faltering Image?

By: Semih Idiz for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on July 30.

Ever since the Gezi Park demonstrations and the coup in Egypt that toppled his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been laboring under a siege mentality which is forcing him to see domestic and foreign enemies all around. His international reputation has plummeted as a result. History, however, has provided him with a unique opportunity to redeem himself both in Turkey and the region in the shape of the Kurds.

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