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heissenstat.bsky.social • 58 days ago

I've been studying Turkey for... more than thirty years.

I'm so gobsmacked by the process going on right now that I am not sure I could write three coherent paragraphs about it.

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aphclarkson.bsky.social•58 days ago

If the AKP plays its cards well the return of Demirtas weakens the CHP by bolstering DEM, while in a different context where Kurds are treated sort of like French-Canadians in Canada, a lot of more culturally conservative Kurds feel fewer qualms about voting AKP

aphclarkson.bsky.social•58 days ago

If you get a decent number of Syrian refugees returning to Syria after that, OKish relations with Greece and EU need for nearshoring leading to better economic prospects under Simsek's guidance, that looks like a recipe for AKP rule until Erdogan dies.

ianrobo.bsky.social•58 days ago

also Syria was a win for erdogan but in effect released a lot of Kurdish feelings I would think ? as he seen with the world shifting with Russia so much weaker he has to make peace with the kurds to stop possible attacks ?

heissenstat.bsky.social•58 days ago

Kurds are, on the whole, strategic voters and there was already consideration of working with Erdo, from what I hear.