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Erdogan's authoritarian style and pragmatic foreign policy turn some Turkish Islamists against him - LA Times

Erdogan's authoritarian style and pragmatic foreign policy turn some Turkish Islamists against him

Last month’s constitutional referendum may have yielded a victory for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, enshrining vast powers for him and his Justice and Development Party, or AKP, but the results were far closer than his supporters were expecting, largely because of growing discontent within Turkey’s conservatives.

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