By claiming victory in the presidential election while it is still in the balance, President Trump is following what could be called “the Turkish playbook” in his determination to stay in the White House. This approach is a rerun of the strategy employed by several populist national leaders across the world in recent years to stay in power by prematurely claiming a win at the polls, and then manipulating the final result in their favour through their control of state institutions, such as election supervisory boards and the courts. More
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‘Too Little, Too Late’: Critics Pan Trump Plan to Sanction Turkey
“Trump’s statement on hitting Turkey with sanctions over the military operation in Syria does not mention the Kurds once.”
Source: ‘Too Little, Too Late’: Critics Pan Trump Plan to Sanction Turkey | Common Dreams News
Turkey’s War on Rojava
Turkey’s invasion of Northern Syria is intended not just to end Rojava’s seven-year experiment in radical democracy, but to extinguish Kurdish aspirations of self-government for good.
Source: Turkey’s War on Rojava
