Is Erdoğan the Unwelcome Guest in Washington?
Erdoğan is expending great effort to further develop Turkish-U.S. political relations and strengthen economic relations between the two countries.
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From Civil War to Military Coup
They planted what they like to call seeds of hope. In the end, a suicide bomber blew herself up in the heart of Ankara.
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In an op-ed piece published by The Washington Post last week, Mort Abramowitz and Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassadors to Turkey, called on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to "reform or resign." What a joke!
The moral of this true story for starters on Turkey is to never take anything at face value in Turkey's wild politics.
The Gülenist parallel state began to operate with help from affiliated members of law enforcement, public prosecutors and judges, the covert organization gained access to all levels of government.
Turkey is faced with a public diplomacy problem which it has never faced before in all of its history: A diasporic opposition that is hierarchically organized and ruled from the USA.
The Neo-Tutelary Corruption!
If Turkey witnesses that its politics has been saliently and overtly designed through this operation, what will be the fate of the country in the face of a new tutelary regime?
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Decision Time For the Gulen Movement
If the Gulen movement wants to serve society, they should restrict themselves to nongovernmental activities rather than using their bureaucratic influence to engage in politics.
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The Gülen Movement was known for the cool-headed decisions it took at the risk of severe criticism during Turkeys most difficult times. Today, it would be expected that the same movement will display a similar rationality in a changing Turkey.
