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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Why voters backed Erdogan to lead Turkey into authoritarianism

Why voters backed Erdogan to lead Turkey into authoritarianism

Raf Sanchez, Istanbul

25 June 2018 • 12:48pm

Turkey’s elections were not fair. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, now celebrating a new term in office, received endless hours of favorable media coverage while his opponents struggled to even make it on television.

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