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
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n10/ella-ge...

Council of Foreign Relations on the election
https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/turkish-...

Yildirim on Erdogan persistent popularity
http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/76588

Yildirim on “Clientelism” in Turkey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...

Ciddi on Erdogan’s re-election
https://worldview.stratfor.com/articl...

Interview w/ Henri Barkey
https://www.cfr.org/blog/what-erdogan...

Human Rights Watch on Erdogan
https://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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