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Şahan Savaş Karataşlı

Şahan Savaş Karataşlı is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

The Political Economy of Erdoğan’s Syria Gamble

The Turkish invasion of northern Syria, with President Trump's acquiescence, illustrates Turkish President Erdoğan’s authoritarian populist penchant for treating foreign policy as an extension of domestic crisis management. But it will only further aggravate the interlinked economic and political problems facing the AKP-led government—regardless of whether

Şahan Savaş Karataşlı • 17 min read