Erdogan's Erratic Rule Presents a Risk to the World | Time

How Erdogan's Increasingly Erratic Rule in Turkey Presents a Risk to the World BY IAN BREMMER MARCH 4, 2021 11:38 AM EST Over the past 18 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has consolidated more power than any leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. He has transformed Turkey’s politics, faced down a military coup, and rewritten the country’s constitution to give his presidency additional power. But his combative style and autocratic instincts have earned him critics at home and abroad. His biggest political problem at the moment is economic: unemployment stands near 14%, inflation remains in double digits, and the pandemic grinds on. More:Erdogan's Erratic Rule Presents a Risk to the World | Time