Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Turkey’s president loses favor in a parliamentary election, and so decides to just run another one - Quartz

Turkey’s president loses favor in a parliamentary election, and so decides to just run another one

How can an autocratically-minded president regain his fortunes if he loses his parliamentary majority? The answer, apparently, is to stir up a war, tie up politics in knots, and then swoop back in to fix things.

More:Turkey’s president loses favor in a parliamentary election, and so decides to just run another one - Quartz