



Türkiye's history with NATO
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Türkiye was formed under Mustafa Kemal 'Atatürk's vision for the country to become more westernized, secular and based on Turkish identity/nationalism. This gave rise to the Kurdish separatist organization PKK as a reaction to the oppressive assimilation policies such as the Kurmanci language ban during 1980s. Under current President Erdoğan's AK Party administration, the rights of Kurds has improved but there is still discrimination. Inflation, corruption and the economy's decline is causing a lot of frustration. The country is polarized between Liberal Kemalist CHP voters vs more religious AK Party voters. I hope this gives you guys a general idea of what Turkish politics is like.