Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Turkey’s democracy wakes up

Turkey’s democracy wakes up
Ömer Taşpınar
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

The most fundamental question in Turkish politics – since the country entered an unprecedented phase of civilian autocracy after the
Gezi Park protests in 2013 – is an existential one about democracy: Do elections matter? More precisely, would President Recep Tayyip Erdogan surrender power because of election results?

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