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Turkey’s Erdogan oscillates back toward the West

By Aidan Springs
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Turkey’s Erdogan oscillates back toward the West


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not always the NATO pariah he is today. Long before Erdogan’s government started buying Russian air defense systems and blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO, the country’s longest-serving leader was seen by some in the West as a progressive reformer.

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