Snap Elections, Syria Incursions: Turkey’s Challenges and Risks

President Erdogan announced that Turkey would hold snap elections in June, even earlier than most analysts had predicted. With only two months to go before the vote, the country will soon enter a political whirlwind punctuated by dramatic domestic developments. Meanwhile, Turkey’s cross-border incursion into Syria’s Afrin pocket is drastically reshaping the local balance of power, with the Assad regime and Iran determined to undermine Ankara’s interests despite U.S. and Russian support for the intervention. To discuss these growing challenges and risks.
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