In addition to those mentioned, the author would like to thank the many analysts, journalists, diplomats and officials who preferred to be interviewed with background information, or who helped to drafting this report.
Recommended reading and sources:
“The Nation or the Ummah: Islamism and Turkish Foreign Policy“. By Birol Bakan and Omer Taspinar
“Media in the New Turkey: The Origins of an Authoritative Neoliberal State“. By Bilge Yesil
“Turkey Under Erdogan: How a country turned from democracy and the West“. Published by Dimitar Bechev
“Abdulhamid II: By sultan callife“. By François Georgeon
“Turkey’s Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds“. By Cengiz Candar
“Remaking Republican Turkey: Memory and Innovation since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire“. By Nicholas Danforth
“Why Turkey is Authoritarian: From Ataturk to Erdogan“. Published by Halil Karaveli
