Wie Syrien die Türkei kaputt machte

An in depth examination of how the Syrian civil war reshaped Turkey’s political landscape, destroying its democracy and straining the U.S. alliance, this piece by Nate Schenkkan follows Turkey’s journey from an opportunistic, self-proclaimed ‘pro-democracy’ supporter of the ‘Arab Spring’ to an autocratic nation struggling with internal conflict, unprecedented polarization and dysfunction, and the Syrian civil war’s underappreciated role in all that. The piece also explores how half-hearted, self-contradictory U.S. policies did nothing to alleviate these developments.

While there are bits that I wouldn’t completely agree, it’s an article that mostly avoids suffering from ‘Reductio ad Erdoganum’ and does a better job of summarizing it all than most other commentaries I’ve come across.