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Crackdown on dissent highlights Turkey’s drift from democracy
A recent decision to nullify a parliamentary vote and ongoing targeting of opposition lawmakers are further evidence of Turkey’s...
A recent move by Turkey’s ruling party to override opposition in parliament, alongside an ongoing crackdown on dissent more broadly, has cast doubt on the path of Turkish…
- Pinar Tremblay
- Al-Monitor
Since the Gezi Park protests in 2013, optimists have seen Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasing authoritarianism as part of a “transition period” or “dormant…
These hopeful perceptions form the basis of arguments that Erdogan’s days in office are…