Authoritarian Erdogan sets an unappealing precedent
By David GardnerAuthor alerts
The idea of a citizen with individual rights seems alien to the leaders of Turkey, Egypt and Iraq
At the height of the mass rebellion across Turkey last summer against the autocratic whimsy of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it fell to President Abdullah Gul to point out that “democracy is not just about elections” and that “the messages with good intentions [from the protests] were received”. All the irascible Mr Erdogan could growl at the time was: “What message?”
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