Selim Koru

Selim Koru is an analyst at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey and the author of the Substack blog Kültürkampf.

Articles by Selim Koru

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as he gestures during a joint press conference with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Ankara, on April 16, 2016.

Turkey’s Contested Homefront

Argument

March 27, 2026, 10:11 AM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli talk on stage during a rally in advance of local elections in Ankara on March 23.

In Turkey, Erdogan Is Still Calling All the Shots

Response

April 29, 2019, 4:29 PM

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Erdogan Goes for the Death Blow Against Turkey’s Bureaucracy

Argument

April 14, 2017, 2:06 PM

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Turks for Trump

Argument

November 8, 2016, 1:18 PM

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Fethullah Gulen’s Race to the Top Is Over

Argument

Selim Koru, Huseyin Rasit Yilmaz

August 5, 2016, 12:23 PM

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