Ally No More: Erdogan’s New Turkish Caliphate and the Rising Jihadist Threat to the West

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“Whither Turkey?” is a question that has become one of the most pressing national security topics of our time. The available evidence – including notably the increasingly overt ambition of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to become the Caliph of a neo-Ottoman empire, his naked hostility toward the United States and the damage being done by Turkey to America’s vital interests and those of the rest of NATO and other allies like Israel and the Kurds – suggests the answer is alarming. That evidence is thoughtfully assessed in Ally No More, including in essays about the presence of Turkish influence operations and infrastructure that could bring here the threat posed to this country by Erdogan, as well, making it required reading for policy-makers and the public, alike. Foreword ...................................................................................................1 Chapter 1 ....................................................................................................5 How to Understand Erdoğan & His Neo-Ottoman Strategy to Destroy Ataturk’s Turkey Ÿ BY HAROLD RHODE Chapter 2 ..................................................................................................23 Turkey’s Partnership with the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Ÿ BY CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY STAFF Chapter 3 ..................................................................................................51 Gülen and Erdoğan: Partners on a Brotherhood Mission Ÿ BY CLARE M. LOPEZ Chapter 4 ..................................................................................................67 When Thugs Fall Out: Erdoğan, Gülen, and the Turkish Lobby Chapter 5 ..................................................................................................77 Erdoğan and Europe: The Fox and the Chicken Coop Ÿ BY CHRISTOPHER C. HULL Chapter 6 ..................................................................................................89 NATO’s Turkey Challenge Ÿ BY DANIEL PIPES Chapter 7 ..................................................................................................97 President Erdoğan’s Economic and Demographic Crises Ÿ BY DAVID P. GOLDMAN Chapter 8 ............................................................................................... 103 Election 2019: Erdoğan’s Existential War Ÿ BY BURAK BEKDIL Chapter 9 ............................................................................................... 125 Turkey’s War on Minority Schools Ÿ BY UZAY BULUT Chapter 10 ............................................................................................. 141 Censorship in Turkey: The Obliteration of Turkey’s Independent Media Ÿ BY DEBORAH WEISS References............................................................................................. 155 Index......................................................................................................... 183