At COTTonLINE we've periodically checked in on the continuing decline of Turkey, under Erdogan. Carl M. Cannon writes for RealClearPolitics to describe the entire arc of Turkey's metamorphosis from western ally and modern Islamic nation to resurgent Ottoman crypto-caliphate and covert ISIS ally.
If you come late to this discussion, Cannon's article is a good tutorial on the death throes of Kemal Ataturk's initially successful attempt to westernize an Islamic nation. One is tempted to conclude such efforts are long-term futile.
