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Turkey’s ‘New Nationalism’ Amid Shifting Politics
Further Analysis of Polling Results
Introduction and summary
From the outside, Turkey has the hallmarks of a consolidating authoritarian regime.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan exercises near absolute control through the parliamentary majority of his Justice and Development Party (AKP), his influence over a politicized judiciary, and a stranglehold on news media and political dissent.
President Erdoğan was further granted expansive emergency powers by Turkish Parliament in the wake of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt.
These factors have…