In the News Quotes Archive - Page 31 of 32

Howard Eissenstat

Deutsche Welle,

August 15, 2017

“What’s striking about today’s abuses isn’t that they’re innovative…—most would have quite normal in the 1990s—but rather that they represent a very clear rolling back of reforms that the AKP itself had implemented.”

Howard Eissenstat

Politico,

August 10, 2017

“My strong sense is that much of this is generated by prosecutors and facilitated by judges who are guessing at what the government wants… You have an environment where everyone is trying to demonstrate their loyalty.”

Nadwa Dawsari

Middle East Eye,

June 22, 2017

“The main problem with Saudi Arabia’s involvement was the regionalisation of the conflict, its transition from a civil war to a regionalised crisis. Now with Qatar isolated, it is likely that Yemen will become the battleground for this Gulf crisis.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“As in the case of Demirtas, the Turkish government has simply invested too much politically in demonizing Kavala. It is possible that Turkey will comply with the ruling, but I don’t expect it.”

Merve Tahiroğlu

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“Erdogan not only banks on his personal rapport with Trump to evade congressional pressure and minimize bilateral tensions. He is also emboldened by an American president who appears to share his contempt for media, dissent and rule of law.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“The United States with regard to Turkey, we’re the reverse of Machiavelli, we’re neither feared nor loved. It’s going to be a long haul.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“Turkey’s success [in Syria] has hidden, and still unclear costs, in Turkey’s relationship with the EU and the US. Likely not high, but that is uncertain.”

Howard Eissenstat

Al-Monitor,

January 1, 1970

“If Congress wants to sanction Turkey, then it needs to sanction Turkey in the right ways and with an eye towards getting results — not just [doing] things that will piss them off.”

Stephen McInerney

Washington Times,

January 1, 1970

“[Trump’s] embrace [of Erdogan] and that willingness to ignore authoritarian repression and human rights abuses inside Turkey does not extend beyond the White House [and] many here in Washington have deep concerns with those issues.”

Merve Tahiroğlu

HuffPost,

January 1, 1970

“Trump has sanctioned Turkey before, but he does this in such a transactional way that the message is, I will sanction you now but you just have to give me one concession and I will lift it.”

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