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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been Turkey’s head of state for 15 years. He’s squashed dissent, dismantled the free press, and jailed opponents. Yet, he was just re-elected to another term in office. Why is Turkey’s strongman so popular (if he really is)? And, has democracy in Turkey died?
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Purges & Paranoia in Turkey
www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n10/ella-ge...
Council of Foreign Relations on the election
www.cfr.org/podcasts/turkish-...
Yildirim on Erdogan persistent popularity
carnegieendowment.org/sada/76588
Yildirim on “Clientelism” in Turkey
www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...
Ciddi on Erdogan’s re-election
worldview.stratfor.com/articl...
Interview w/ Henri Barkey
www.cfr.org/blog/what-erdogan...
Human Rights Watch on Erdogan
www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/05/t...
CREDITS
Writer: Louis Foglia
Editor: m.cho
Researcher: Page Ellerson
Supervising Producer: Allison Brown
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