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March 7, 2018

Turkey’s Slide into Islamist Militarism Threatens Its Alliance with the U.S.

As do its militant nationalism, authoritarianism, and anti-Americanism.

At a recent rally, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made headlines by telling a terrified, crying six-year-old girl—in military uniform—that if she died a martyr her coffin would be draped in her country’s flag. To Eric Edelman and Merve Tahiroglu, this incident exemplifies the growing Islamist and militaristic messaging emanating from Ankara, alongside large doses of anti-American rhetoric:

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