Not Much of a Coup
by FPC Editors Concepts & Thoughts Toronto–The botched military coup on Friday July 15 against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP)
How the U.S. Military Lost its Favor for Turkey
Washington–When I came to Washington in 2002, the Department of Defense was among Turkey’s best friends inside the U.S. government. The Pentagon considered Turkey a staunch ally, and uniformed U.S. personnel had a deep affection for Turkey going back to U.S.-Turkish cooperation in the Cold War, and then in the Balkans in the 1990s.