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Washington Post: Erdogan's expanding dictatorship is steering Turkey toward dead end | Opinion | omaha.com

Washington Post: Erdogan's expanding dictatorship is steering Turkey toward dead end

After appearing on a television talk show Friday, Yavuz Selim Demirag, a columnist for a Turkish newspaper who has been critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, was approached outside his home in Ankara, the capital. He heard shouts of “Hit him, kill him!” before he was pummeled with baseball bats. The attackers fled in a vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken nose and brain trauma. This is what has become of Turkey’s once-vibrant democracy, now reduced to hit squads and fear.

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