Tuesday, June 09, 2015

The Turkish people outgrew their president long before the election - The Globe and Mail

The Turkish people outgrew their president long before the election

Doug Saunders

Until Monday morning, most of the world believed that Turkey was following a predictable script: Citizens of this country were drifting away from Europe and the West and into Islamic authoritarianism and strongman rule, enthusiastically following the path of their increasingly autocratic but popular president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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