Don't cross Ankara
Jan 11th 2012, 18:22 by The Economist online
WHEN Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development (AK) party took office in Turkey in 2002, many feared that it had an Islamic agenda for the country. But today a bigger fear is over what many see as a creeping authoritarianism. Mr Erdoğan has justly asserted civilian rule over an army that had toppled four of his predecessors since 1960. But some believe the government has used the fear of coups to justify harassment of legitimate opposition, including the persecution of journalists. The long-running "Ergenekon" investigation into an alleged coup plot has netted hundreds of arrests but not a single conviction.
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