Description

In the book The Rise of Erdoğan: A Danger to Europe, the author presents the socio-political and cultural landscape of Turkey. The history of the country and its relationships with the West, the Middle East, Russia, and others are analyzed alongside significant issues currently concerning Greece and the world.

Who is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and what does he seek? Why does he attack the secular democracy of Kemal Atatürk and how does he lead his country into the modern world? What is his relationship with religious fundamentalism, the Syrian war, and the chaos in the Middle East? Finally, why does the West not marginalize Erdoğan and his regime? The answers to these questions are provided alongside the timeline of the strengthening of the most successful populist leader of this century.

Hannah Lucinda Smith is a correspondent for the London Times in Turkey. She has been on the frontline of events, initially covering the military confrontations within Syria and Eastern Turkey, and later the migration crisis and the failed coup of 2016.

Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Maps
• Characters
• Acronyms
• Timeline
• Preface
• Introduction
• Two Turkeys, Two Tribes
• Syria: The Prehistory
• Building the Erdoğan Brand Name
• Erdoğan and His Crew
• Syria: The War Next Door
• The Exit
• The Kurds
• The Breakdown of Peace
• The Coup
• The Descendants of Atatürk
• The New Turkey of Erdoğan
• The Deception
• The Others
• The Warlords
• Erdoğan Wins the Game

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