The Observer view on why Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not deserve another term in office | Observer editorial | The Guardian

The Observer view on why Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not deserve another term in office Observer editorial Voters suffering from the president’s terrible economic policies might have finally had enough Courts in Turkey generally bow to the wishes of the country’s authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This is unsurprising, given his purges of judges and prosecutors during his two decades in power. So last week’s court verdict sentencing Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, to more than two years in jail and banning him from public life followed a familiar pattern. More:The Observer view on why Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not deserve another term in office | Observer editorial | The Guardian