Merve Tahiroglu is the Turkey program coordinator at Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), a DC-based research and advocacy organization. She has authored several monographs on Turkey and published articles in various outlets such as Foreign Affairs, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Politico, and Huffington Post.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Locking up dissidents, Turkish style: the saga of Osman Kavala
The accusation that Osman Kavala supported both the Gülen movement and the Gezi movement was outlandish from the outset.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why Istanbul’s rerun is a battle for the soul of Turkey
Six summers ago, Erdogan’s social engineering efforts triggered their first major backlash in Istanbul. And this...