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As @heissenstat’s nonresident fellowship with @POMED concludes, we want to express our appreciation for his outstanding work on #Turkey. As our senior fellow since 2016 and an occasional POMED author even before then, Howard’s been central to our work—and a great colleague. 1/12
. @heissenstat is part of the POMED family, and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with him on #Turkey from time to time--plus I hope I'll get to edit him once again :) For now, here’s a little tribute to Howard in the form of a thread of his @POMED greatest hits! 2/12
Back in 2013, @heissenstat wrote a really insightful analysis of the political earthquake that was the Gezi protests, concluding, “A greater U.S. emphasis on #Turkey’s human rights record will serve the interests of both countries in the long run.” 3/12 https://pomed.org/wp-content/uploads/Eissenstat-June-2013-Policy-Brief.pdf
In 2015, we published @heissenstat's paper on #Turkey’s descent into one-man rule. Howard argued that its authoritarian slide was "rooted in long-standing Turkish traditions and the particular character and vision of Erdoğan" -- but wasn’t inevitable. https://pomed.org/stunted-democracy-erdogan-the-akp-and-turkeys-slide-into-authoritarianism-by-howard-eissenstat/ 4/12
. @heissenstat’s 2017 report for @POMED, “Erdogan As Autocrat: A Very Turkish Tragedy,” stands as one of our most-read publications ever. Howard accurately warned that "further consolidation of power under Erdoğan is likely to worsen instability.” https://pomed.org/pomed-report-erdogan-as-autocrat-a-very-turkish-tragedy/ 5/12
In his 2017 Snapshot “Uneasy Rests the Crown,” @heissenstat adroitly explained how #Turkey’s security institutions have been transformed and made loyal to Erdoğan—and why this matters politically. The ol' S-400s even made a brief appearance… https://pomed.org/pomed-snapshot-uneasy-rests-the-crown-erdogan-and-revolutionary-security-in-turkey/ 6/12
In this 2018 piece @heissenstat unpacked the bilateral crisis re Pastor Brunson and put it into historical context, writing, “even during the Cold War, when US and Turkish interests were the most closely aligned, there were periods of intense strain.” https://pomed.org/qa-five-questions-about-the-u-s-turkey-crisis-expert-qa-with-howard-eissenstat/ 7/12
