Hungry for Power: Erdogan's Witch Hunt and Abuse of State Power by Aydogan Vatandas

Hungry for Power: Erdogan's Witch Hunt and Abuse of State Power by Aydogan Vatandas
The author, Aydogan Vatandas, has been an investigative journalist since 1995. Vatandas has written a large number of articles on foreign relations, world politics and the military. He is the author of 11 books, some of which became bestsellers in Turkey, and this book is his second in English. “Hungry for Power” comprises a series of texts that analyze President Erdoğan's leadership style and demonstrate the drastic change in Erdoğan's leadership with particular focus on the years between 2002 and 2014. The book includes a mixture of selected interviews, editorials and news articles that provide a large panoramic frame of politics in Turkey during the aforementioned period. The author introduces the reader to many original concepts and provocative ideas from various intellects: university professors like Richard Bulliet, David L. Philips and Steven A. Cook, experts like Philip Giraldi and numerous journalists. Interestingly, many of the interviews in the book postulate original, unique and contentious claims about Turkish and Middle Eastern politics that some readers might find hard to believe. The book does a very good job of illustrating the portrait of President Erdoğan's leadership style. With this book Vatandas has gathered opinions on the most discussed issues in regards to Islam, democracy, Turkey and President Erdoğan from a variety of domestic and international experts. The book is very successful in supporting its theory that Erdoğan is hungry for more power. It is also well articulated and easy to read for any audience. This book will soon become a source for "beginners for Erdogan" concept.
About the Author
Aydogan Vatandas is a journalist based in New York, specializing in media, international politics and political psychology. He has published books about a range of topics, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey. Since 2006, he has been working in New York as the representative for Cihan News Agency and correspondent for Todays Zaman Daily where he wrote his dozens of articles on Turkish and Middle East politics. He holds an M.A in Media Studies from The New School in NY.
Paperback: 188 pages
Publisher: Blue Dome Press (July 7, 2015)
Language: English