Gonul Tol: Autocracy not reform remains Erdoğan’s recipe for Turkey

Source:Financial Times Date:19Sep2023

Until now, most Turks believed that they could vote Erdoğan out. Fraud, civil liberties violations and abuse of state and media resources had made the regime authoritarian, but elections were not considered a facade and remained the route to power. However, Erdoğan’s recent steps and the opposition’s disarray are chipping away at that principle. Now only Turkey’s economic problems stand in the way of Erdoğan’s efforts to consolidate his autocracy.

Sad, but so true.  If AKP-MHP recapture large cities in March 2024 local elections, democracy will be wiped off the face of Turkey