Turkey’s ruling party takes alarming steps to consolidate power
The crackdown in Turkey was foretold, but that doesn’t make it any less worrisome
January 7, 2015 2:00AM ET
by David Lepeska @dlepeska
In the early years of its rule, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) got on well with the vast network of followers of Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic leader from Turkey living in self-imposed exile in the United States. His loosely affiliated organization, often called Hizmet, runs thousands of schools, businesses and media outlets in more than 150 countries, including many in the U.S., and has in recent decades entrenched itself deeply into Turkey’s bureaucracy.
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