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Is Turkey Falling in Steppe with Kazakhstan?

Is Turkey Falling in Steppe with Kazakhstan?

Though different, Kazakhstan and Turkey are led by ambitious leaders seeking to consolidate power, revealing much about how Middle Eastern and Central Asian leaders maintain and entrench their power.

Apr 20, 2016
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by Michael Mesquita and Jack Kennedy

Kazakhstan and Turkey are two very different countries. But, at the helm of each, is a leader with political ambitions that dominate the state. While Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev have different levels of authority and control, their political success has large…

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