Erdogan’s dilemma
Turkey’s prime minister will try to cling to power
Nov 18th 2013 |From The World In 2014 print edition
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The past year was meant to be a quiet one for Turkey: no elections, solid economic progress, perhaps a new constitution. Nobody foresaw the protests that erupted in Gezi Park, in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, in late May. The subsequent police crackdown triggered nationwide protests, which quickly grabbed the world’s attention. As a result, the image of Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has suffered probably irreparable damage. Istanbul’s failure to win the right to hold the 2020 Olympics is just one consequence.
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