The Turkish Dilemma

Erdogan’s Turkey has become too important an ally to shed, and too problematic to coddle.

AP/Ali Unal
President Erdogan during a speech at the presidential palace at Ankara, May 28, 2023. AP/Ali Unal

As President Erdogan settles on a new presidential term Turkey is bound to become a more oppressive and less free place than even during his first two decades in power. At the same time, President Biden, who has vowed to center his foreign policy on human rights, is fast moving to improve relations with the North Atlantic Treaty’s  most problematic member. This is a circumstance in which the best course for the administration is to tread lightly.

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