Illiberalism
Türkiye
Fig. 1. Map of the Ottoman Empire in 1914 attributed to Chamboz, March 26, 2021, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kareem Fahim and Zeynep Karatas, “Turkish court sentences Erdogan rival to prison for insulting officials,” Washington Post, December 14, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/14/turkey-erdogan-ekrem-imamoglu/
Ishaan Tharoor, “Earthquake’s tragic aftermath puts spotlight on Turkey’s leader,” Washington Post, February 8, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/02/08/erdogan-turkey-aftermath-earthquake-politics/
Christian Oliver, “Onions and prayer rugs: Turkey approaches its decisive battle for democracy,” Politico, May 3, 2023, https://www.politico.eu/article/onions-prayer-rugs-turkey-approache-decisive-battle-democracy-election/
Ishaan Tharoor, “An Erdogan defeat would mark a victory for liberal democracy worldwide,” Washington Post, May 10, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/05/10/erdogan-liberal-democracy-election-autocrat/
Deutsche Welle, “Turkey election: Erdogan, Kilicdaroglu head to a runoff,” May 15, 2023, https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-election-erdogan-kilicdaroglu-head-to-a-runoff/a-65619880
Ishaan Tharoor, “Erdogan scores win through culture wars and soft authoritarianism,” Washington Post, May 16, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2023/05/16/erdogan-turkey-culture-war-right-wing-authoritarianism/
Kareem Fahim and Louisa Loveluck, “Erdogan wins reelection in Turkey after bitter campaign,” Washington Post, May 28, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/28/turkey-election-runoff-erdogan-kilicdaroglu/
Asli Aydintasbas, “Erdogan won Turkey’s election. But this is not the end of the story,” Washington Post, May 29, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/29/turkey-election-results-erdogan-challenge/
Kareem Fahim, “Erdogan continues divisive rhetoric following victory,” Washington Post, May 30, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/29/erdogan-post-election-harsh-rhetoric/
Ishaan Tharoor, “Erdogan becomes an era-defining electoral autocrat,” Washington Post, May 30, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/30/erdogan-autocrat-electoral-power/
Elçin Poyrazlar, “Turkey’s Erdoğan suffers blow in crucial mayoral elections as secular opposition surges,” Politico, April 1, 2024, https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-election-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-suffers-blow-as-opposition-rpp-holds-five-cities/
Ishaan Tharoor, “Turkey’s shock elections offer another lesson for the world,” Washington Post, April 2, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com//world/2024/04/02/turkey-election-autocracy-global-lessons-democracy/