Turker Erturk

Turker Erturk is a retired rear admiral in the Turkish Navy. In 2010, he resigned as the superintendent of the country’s naval academy in protest of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government’s purging of secular officers. He has since been working as an author and commentator on national security issues.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar (L) attend the funeral of a soldier killed in a helicopter crash at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, on June 1, 2017.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar (L) attend the funeral of a soldier killed in a helicopter crash at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, on June 1, 2017.

Turkey’s Wag-the-Dog Election

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Turker Erturk, Selim Sazak
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