A Sultan in Autumn: Erdogan Faces Turkey's Uncontainable Forces (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) economics 88 years old

88 years old

This engaging study pits the the Byzantine dromon against the Arabic shalandi in the prolonged struggle for mastery in the Mediterranean in the four centuries after 630 AD

his Nigerian-born wife

Together they protect the weak and vulnerable

- Dopplegangers in Doctor Who

A Sultan in Autumn: Erdogan Faces Turkey's Uncontainable Forces (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) economics 88 years oldRecep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled Turkey for nearly two decades. Here, Soner Cagaptay, a leading authority on the country, offers insights on the next phase of Erdogan's rule. His dwindling support base at home, coupled with rising opposition, the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic, and Turkey's weak economy, would appear to threaten his grip on power. How will he react? In this astute analysis, Cagaptay casts Erdogan as an inventor of nativist populist