How Erdogan Got His Groove Back in Domestic Politics

How Erdogan Got His Groove Back It’s been a difficult and dizzying few months for Turkey—which is just the way the president likes it. BY STEVEN A. COOK | APRIL 8, 2021, 7:49 AM While everyone was puzzling through the who, what, and how of the coup-non-coup family drama in Jordan, it was yet another wild week in Turkish politics. On April 3, around the same time as Prince Hamzah was allegedly plotting against his half-brother King Abdullah II in Amman, 104 retired Turkish admirals released a letter expressing concern that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government apparent proposal to pull Turkey out of the Montreux Convention, which grants Turkey the right to regulate access to the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits. The letter also raised alarms over what the naval officers regard as the Islamization of the armed forces. More:How Erdogan Got His Groove Back in Domestic Politics