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Turkish Policy Changes May Mean Bigger Defense Business

Turkish Policy Changes May Mean Bigger Defense Business
Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News 7:31 a.m. EDT July 12, 2016

ANKARA, Turkey — In May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, an Islamist romantic, with Binali Yildirim, a pragmatist like the president. That move has paved the way to reshuffle Turkey’s foreign policy calculus — from assertive, neo-Ottomanism to a realist approach.

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