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Erdoğan’s Last Great Gamble
Over the course of the last 22 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey has fought and endured a great deal in order to remain in power. Court challenges, corruption investigations, close elections, economic downturns, armed uprisings and attempted coups have each tested his reign. And through it all, he has grown more powerful. The events of the last month may prove to be among the most decisive moments of Erdoğan’s era. In the middle of March, an Istanbul court ordered the arrest and imprisonment of the city’s popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu. A series of large demonstrations followed the court’s The post Erdoğan’s Last Great Gamble appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Over the course of the last 22 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey has fought and endured a great deal in order to remain in power. Court challenges, corruption investigations, close elections, economic downturns, armed uprisings and attempted coups have each tested his reign. And through it all, he has grown more powerful. The events of the last month may prove to be among the most decisive moments of Erdoğan’s era. In the middle of March, an Istanbul court ordered the arrest and imprisonment of the city’s popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu. A series of large demonstrations followed the court’s
The post Erdoğan’s Last Great Gamble appeared first on War on the Rocks.
