The Global Cost of Turkey’s Crisis
Turkey's government has avoided a constitutional crisis by calling an early parliamentary election, but the country's latest bout of political instability has damaged its foreign policy and international standing. Given Turkey's strong potential to demonstrate the compatibility of liberal democracy and Islam, its current travails are particularly worrisome for Europe and the West.
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Turkey will hold its parliamentary election in July, four months earlier than scheduled, thereby narrowly avoiding a constitutional crisis over the choice of the country’s next president. Nonetheless, Turkey’s bout with political instability has damaged its foreign policy and international standing.