Erdogan’s re-election and his neo-Ottoman foreign policy
Nicos Panayiotides
By Nicos Panayiotides July 2, 2018 5:06 PM (UTC+8)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-election to the Turkish presidency renders him the absolute sovereign in the Turkish political system, as he was aspiring to be. Gaining the enhanced powers that were adopted by the popular referendum of April 2017, he is ready – as he himself has frequently reiterated – to continue not only with the internal transformation of Turkey but with the external orientation of the Turkish state as well. The new system establishes a hegemonic position for the presidential post.
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