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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Turkey’s prime minister: Erdogan v judges, again | The Economist

Erdogan v judges, again
The prime minister lashes out at his opponents
Apr 19th 2014 | ISTANBUL

THE biggest foes of Recep Tayyip Erdogan were the generals and the judges, who made common cause to try to oust Turkey’s pious prime minister (he was trained as an imam) on thinly supported charges of steering the country towards Islamic rule. But they failed. The army was tamed through a series of court cases against alleged coup-plotters. The judiciary was overhauled after constitutional reforms were approved in a referendum in 2010. Turkey’s democracy was at last on track, many hoped, until Mr Erdogan began tilting towards unabashed authoritarianism after winning a third term in 2011.

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