In 1952, Turkey joined NATO, hoping to bolster its aspiration to a Western identity and to ensure its security, especially against an ascending Soviet Union.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan might be aiming to tighten his grip on the domestic front, taking advantage of Ankara’s rising profile amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
(Bloomberg) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused businessman Osman Kavala, who was sentenced to life in prison earlier this week, of organizing the 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests as a local collaborator of the billionaire philanthropist George Soros.