The Ala-Turca presidency: old wine in new bottles in the Kurdish case
(WorldNews Turkey)

Erdogan may require a more pragmatic approach to the US and Russia, hence indirectly with the PYD and Assad, to open up space for himself in the region´s politics. View of the building complex of the Tomb of Suleyman Shah (its second location, 1973 - February 2015), seen from the Euphrates river. Wikicommons/Céline Rayne. Some rights reserved. On April 16, Turkey experienced a crucial referendum on amending the constitution after which there was confusion as a result of different vote counts released by two state institutions, the Supreme Election Board (YSK) and the Anatolian News Agency (AA), a state-owned news outlet. This put the legitimacy of the referendum into doubt. The pro-`No´ vote...