A big moment for Erdogan—and Turkey
Foreign policy is a hubristic disaster and the economy is on the slide, but that won’t stop the ruling AK party founded by Recep Tayyip Erdogan from winning
CRITICS of Turkey say its democracy is under threat, but it doesn’t look that way at election time. Villagers are on the streets in their hundreds, city-dwellers in their hundreds of thousands, to listen to politicians’ pitches. The country is covered in bunting. In recent elections turnout has been over 80%—higher than in most other European countries—and, although allegations of ballot-rigging are frequent, voting is mostly fair.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “A big moment for Erdogan—and Turkey”
Briefing May 30th 2015
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