Analysts: Erdogan Using Conspiracy Theories to Keep Power in Turkey
by Omri Ceren | 06.02.14 2:03 pm
The Wall Street Journal on Friday assessed that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to maintain a firm grip on power – a year after Turkey was rocked by the anti-government Gezi protests, and many months into a massive graft scandal that has implicated the premier and other elites from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) – after Erdogan brushed off domestic unrest as the result of foreign conspiracies aimed at undermining Ankara.
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