Caught up in the urgency of the Syrian refugee crisis, the European Union, in general, and Germany, in particular, seem to have conceded to short-term, band-aid solutions, she noted. Consequently, they struck a deal which offered monetary compensation to Turkey in exchange for tightening border controls, accepting the rejected refugees from the EU and keeping them inside Turkey. “They are turning a blind eye to Turkey’s blatant rights abuses in exchange for a temporary holding pen for refugees,” said Celik Wiltse, who earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Bogazici University in Istanbul and her doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
She can be reached 605-688-4311 or [email protected]. You can follow her on Twitter at @EvrenWiltse.
Her latest book, “Democratic Reform and Consolidation: the cases of Mexico and Turkey,” was released in 2015 by Colchester: ECPR Press.