{"id":3416,"date":"2018-04-25T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T23:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2018-04-25T23:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T23:17:07","slug":"turkeys-snap-elections-set-to-escalate-tensions-with-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/04\/25\/turkeys-snap-elections-set-to-escalate-tensions-with-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY\u2019S SNAP ELECTIONS SET TO ESCALATE TENSIONS WITH EUROPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3417\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/ERDOGAN-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced: Al Monitor<\/p>\n<p>By Semih Idiz<\/p>\n<p>Ankara\u2019s already strained relations with the West are heading for heightened tensions following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s call for snap presidential and parliamentary elections to be held June 24.<\/p>\n<p>At issue are bans in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands prohibiting Turkish politicians from canvassing expatriate Turks there and the possibility that other EU members might follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>The stances by Austria, Germany and the Netherlands are significant, as they host most of the more than 3.5 million Turks living in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Ankara\u2019s ties with them took a nosedive last year after they prevented members of the Turkish government, including by force in the Netherlands, from holding rallies prior to the highly controversial Turkish constitutional referendum in April 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The government-proposed referendum resulted in a slim majority, with overwhelming support by expatriate Turks, overturning Turkey\u2019s parliamentary democracy in favor of an executive presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: http:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/04\/turkey-united-states-snap-elections-elevate-tensions.html#ixzz5DjFZIiXM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced: Al Monitor By Semih Idiz Ankara\u2019s already strained relations with the West are heading for heightened tensions following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s call for snap presidential and parliamentary elections to be held June 24. At issue are bans in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands prohibiting Turkish politicians from canvassing expatriate Turks there and the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/04\/25\/turkeys-snap-elections-set-to-escalate-tensions-with-europe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TURKEY\u2019S SNAP ELECTIONS SET TO ESCALATE TENSIONS WITH EUROPE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[608],"class_list":["post-3416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3418,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416\/revisions\/3418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}