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DESCRIPTION:Sinan Ciddi&nbsp\;on&nbsp\;Turkey’s Coup of 15th July: A Gift f
 or\nErdogan\n\nSinan Ciddi\,&nbsp\;Executive\nDirector\,\nInstitute\nof Tu
 rkish Studies\,Visiting Assistant Professor\, School of Foreign Service\, 
 Georgetown UniversitySince\nthe failed coup attempt of 15th July in Turkey
 \, many accepted norms about\nTurkey’s pro-western credentials have begun 
 to be questioned by policy makers\nin Washington and now in Europe. As the
  fallout from the coup progresses\, it is\nbecoming increasingly apparent 
 that the Erdogan regime is interested in\nexacting maximum benefit out of 
 the incident to solidify and augment his\npresidential power base. To what
  extent and how far will Erdogan go to pressure\nthe EU and US governments
  to either turn a blind eye to Turkey’s pronounced\nundemocratic slide and
 /or burn bridges with these two entities unless he gets\nwhat he wants?Sin
 an\nCiddi\nis\nan expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. 
 He earned&nbsp\; his\nPh.D. in Political Science\nfrom\nthe\nSchool of Ori
 ental and African Studies\, University of London in 2007.\nHe\nwas an\nins
 tructor\nat Sabanci\nUniversity\, where he also completed his Post-Doctora
 l Fellowship. Between\n2008-2011\,\nhe established the Turkish Studies pro
 gram at the University of Florida’s\nCenter for European Studies. In addit
 ion\nto his current teaching and research responsibilities at Georgetown\,
  Ciddi\nserves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Turkish Studi
 es.&nbsp\;Ciddi’s book\ntitled Kemalism\nin Turkish Politics: Secularism\,
  Nationalism and the Republican People's Party (Routledge\,\nJanuary 2009)
  focuses on the electoral weakness of the Republican People’s\nParty.Open 
 to the public.\nSponsored\nby Middle Eastern Studies Program at the Moynih
 an Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:MES presents: Sinan Ciddi
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Sinan Ciddi&nbsp\;on&nbsp\;Turkey’s Coup
  of 15th July: A Gift for\nErdogan</b></p><p>\n</p><p>\n</p><p><b>Sinan Ci
 ddi\,&nbsp\;</b><i>Executive\nDirector\,\nInstitute\nof Turkish Studies\,V
 isiting Assistant Professor\, School of Foreign Service\, Georgetown Unive
 rsity</i></p><p>Since\nthe failed coup attempt of 15th July in Turkey\, ma
 ny accepted norms about\nTurkey’s pro-western credentials have begun to be
  questioned by policy makers\nin Washington and now in Europe. As the fall
 out from the coup progresses\, it is\nbecoming increasingly apparent that 
 the Erdogan regime is interested in\nexacting maximum benefit out of the i
 ncident to solidify and augment his\npresidential power base. To what exte
 nt and how far will Erdogan go to pressure\nthe EU and US governments to e
 ither turn a blind eye to Turkey’s pronounced\nundemocratic slide and/or b
 urn bridges with these two entities unless he gets\nwhat he wants?</p><p><
 b>Sinan\nCiddi</b>\nis\nan expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign
  policy. He earned&nbsp\; his\nPh.D. in Political Science\nfrom\nthe\nScho
 ol of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London in 2007.\nHe\nwa
 s an\ninstructor\nat Sabanci\nUniversity\, where he also completed his Pos
 t-Doctoral Fellowship. Between\n2008-2011\,\nhe established the Turkish St
 udies program at the University of Florida’s\nCenter for European Studies.
  In addition\nto his current teaching and research responsibilities at Geo
 rgetown\, Ciddi\nserves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Turk
 ish Studies.&nbsp\;</p><p>Ciddi’s book\ntitled Kemalism\nin Turkish Politi
 cs: Secularism\, Nationalism and the Republican People's Party (Routledge\
 ,\nJanuary 2009) focuses on the electoral weakness of the Republican Peopl
 e’s\nParty.</p><p><i>Open to the public.</i></p><p>\n<b><i>Sponsored\nby M
 iddle Eastern Studies Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&
 nbsp\;</i></b></p>
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