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February 7, 2013

Will Turkey's Erdogan Join the Dictator's Club?

Daniel Pipes, National Review

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Recent steps taken by the government of Turkey suggest it may be ready to ditch the NATO club of democracies for a Russian and Chinese gang of authoritarian states.

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TAGGED: Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

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