Turkey’s Protests and Erdogan’s Authoritarianism: The View from the Southeast
Guest post by Ali Ezzatyar
The dust does not seem to be settling at all on protests in Turkey this week. All the while, talk of an “increasingly authoritarian government” and the erosion of democracy has had a particularly ironic resonance for one portion of Turkey’s population: the Kurds. Making up 25 percent of the country and historically estranged from Turkish society, the view from the southeast is one that could benefit outside observers as they try to make sense of transpirings in Istanbul and beyond.
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