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Ryan Gingeras

Ryan Gingeras

Ryan Gingeras is a professor in the department of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is the author of several books covering the history of the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish republic, including “Heroin, Organized Crime and the Making of Modern Turkey.” His views expressed here do not reflect those of the United States Navy, Department of Defense, or U.S. government.

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The Politics of Turkey’s Coke Connection

The Politics of Turkey’s Coke Connection

Why has Turkey’s cocaine trade exploded, and what has led drug kingpins to take up residence in the country? There are several possible answers, and suspicions have been rising that corruption is playing a part.

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