Has Erdogan turned Turkey into an autocracy?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been Turkey’s head of state for 15 years. He’s squashed dissent, dismantled the free press, and jailed opponents. Yet, he was just re-elected to another term in office. Why is Turkey’s strongman so popular (if he really is)? And, has democracy in Turkey died?

SOURCES & FURTHER READING

Purges & Paranoia in Turkey
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n10/ella-ge...

Council of Foreign Relations on the election
https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/turkish-...

Yildirim on Erdogan persistent popularity
http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76588

Yildirim on “Clientelism” in Turkey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...

Ciddi on Erdogan’s re-election
https://worldview.stratfor.com/articl...

Interview w/ Henri Barkey
https://www.cfr.org/blog/what-erdogan...

Human Rights Watch on Erdogan
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/05/t...


CREDITS
Writer: Louis Foglia
Editor: m.cho
Researcher: Page Ellerson
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown

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