Erdogan’s Path to Pure Authoritarianism
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Turkey’s president has grabbed a bit more power for himself with the recent arrest of the mayor of Istanbul. The mayor was thought to be one of the few politicians who could challenge Erdogan.
Steven Cook will take us through it.
Talking about authoritarians is one of the things we do here, so strap in for another tale of turmoil on an angry planet.
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