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bne IntelliNews - Turkey is “no longer a democracy”, elections did no more than “consolidate its authoritarianism” says Turkish affairs expert

Turkey is “no longer a democracy”, elections did no more than “consolidate its authoritarianism” says Turkish affairs expert

By bne IntelliNews June 27, 2018

Turkey was effectively an authoritarian state before its landmark June 24 elections and polling day did no more “than consolidate an authoritarianism that was already in place”, Howard Eissenstat, an expert on Turkish affairs, said in an interview published on June 26.

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