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Turkey's Erdoğan took a page from US presidents and boosted reelection campaign by claiming to have killed a terrorist

  • Written by Graig Klein, Assistant Professor of Terrorism & Political Violence, Leiden University
Turkey's Erdoğan took a page from US presidents and boosted reelection campaign by claiming to have killed a terroristMan on track: Turkish President Erdoğan, center, did better in his reelection campaign than predicted.Emin Sansar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed credit on April 30, 2023, for killing Islamic State group leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi in Syria, it may not have been simply a...

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