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Umar Farooq

Umar Farooq has worked as a correspondent covering Turkey and other parts of Asia and as an investigative journalist with ProPublica.

Calling Erdogan's Bluff on Palestine — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan at the ”Great Palestine Meeting” at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on October 28, 2023. TUR Presidency / Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Handout / Anadolu via Getty Images

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Calling Erdogan's Bluff on Palestine

Israel's war in Gaza has animated Turkey's longstanding political rivalries.

Umar Farooq, Michael Kaplan • 11 min read