Erdoğan at bay

The long, credit-fuelled boom that sustained Erdoğan's popularity has given way to economic stagnation, his military incursions into Syria, Iraq, and Libya have made him many enemies, and he badly needs a win.
The European Union has given Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, until late September to stop the country's 'illegal activities' in the eastern Mediterranean, after which sanctions may be imposed.
LONDON, U.K.—There are eight Turks for every Greek, so you might think the Greeks have to fold. But Greece has the backing of France, Italy, Israel, Egypt, and practically every other country in the eastern Mediterranean and the Arab world, as well as the entire Eur...

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