Is Turkey now a dictatorship?
Four months on from the failed coup, President Erdogan wields untrammelled power.
In crisis, there is opportunity. On the night of July 15, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was almost blown out of the air as he flew into Istanbul to try to foil a military coup. The plotters had seized control of state media outlets, fired at civilians and bombarded the parliamentary complex in Ankara. His 13-year reign at the top of Turkish politics was close to ending in humiliating circumstances. Yet four months Mr. Erdogan is more powerful than ever before. Turkey may not be a dictatorship yet, but the direction of travel is clear.
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