COMMENTARY — Turkey’s diaspora agency is building Erdoğan’s proxies abroad
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The recent appointment to the leadership of Turkey’s diaspora agency confirms the long-held view that the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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