Diplomatic setbacks and more

TURKEY - Report 17 Sep 2023 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

President Erdogan has suffered a string of diplomatic setbacks over the past week, which might adversely affect his mood on the critical US trip. The politics author pays a lot of attention to Erdogan’s foreign policy initiatives, because they are the “icing on the cake” that Minister Simsek will serve international investors in September/October roadshows.

At the end, problems with the US and Sweden will probably be sorted out, but the EU front appears blocked.

At home, a longtime CHP frontbencher and Grand Assembly whip Ozgur Ozel officially challenged Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the upcoming leadership race at the party. He needs to be studied more thoroughly, but he is probably not the name voters would associate with “change”. If he dethrones Kilicdaroglu, however, he may provide other benefits to the party.

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