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Turkey's Enemy Within
How Prime Minister Erdogan is dismantling democracy.
BY Firat Demir
JANUARY 22, 2014
For the past month, Turkey has been in turmoil over a corruption scandal that threatens to compromise Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's premiership. It's now clear that the implications of the scandal go far beyond the reach of corruption. Onlookers are worried that Erdogan's actions threaten the very essence of Turkish democracy.
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