An Opening for Erdogan to Shift Turkey’s Course?
By Aykan Erdemir
Sep 22, 2016 11:39 am ET
Aykan Erdemir was a member of the Turkish parliament in the Republican People’s Party (CHP) from 2011 to 2015. He is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is on Twitter: @Aykan_Erdemir.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his address at the United Nations General Assembly this week as an opportunity to repeat his earlier calls to restructure the U.N. Security Council and to blast Western nations for failing to respond to the crisis in Syria. His strident tone was intended less for an international audience than public sentiment at home. He speaks later this week at the Harvard Club in New York, where he could deliver a constructive message to Turkey’s allies in the world if he comes across as a confident democrat rather than a resentful authoritarian.
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