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What Turkey’s Election Surprise Says About The Troubled Country

WhatTurkeysElectionSurpriseSaysAboutTheTroubledCountry

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  • Steven A. CookCFR Expert
    Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

This article originally appeared here on Fortune.com on Monday, November 2, 2015.

The most obvious and pressing problem for the new Turkish government is security. For the better part of the last 18 months, Turkey avoided direct confrontation with the Islamic State, fearing retaliation on the streets of Turkish cities.

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