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Patronage marginalizes qualified Turkish diplomats

Increase of unqualified personnel and self-serving political appointees has harmed Ankara’s ability to conduct international affairs, experts say.
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Once considered the cream of the bureaucracy, Turkey's foreign ministry is in decline as it becomes marginalized in policy-making and turns into an outlet for government loyalists waiting to be rewarded.

This is not just the view of the opposition but also of former ambassadors who have served in some of Turkey’s most important posts abroad.

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