Thursday, June 09, 2016

Turkey Is Having a Rough June — and Erdogan Is Making it Worse | Foreign Policy

Turkey Is Having a Rough June — and Erdogan Is Making it Worse

By Megan Alpert

Between getting accused of genocide by a major ally and suffering repeated bombings by Kurdish militants, Turkey is having a pretty tough June — and it’s only been eight days. Bizarre and in some cases offensive comments from Turkish leaders and pro-government journalists aren’t making things any better.

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