Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is no longer just President of Turkey, but its Executive head of state. In becoming so, he has consummated the results of a referendum which saw Turks narrowly vote in favour of a new presidential system, in which the head of state has far more power. Whilst some are calling this the […]
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Turkey’s wannabe coup: democratic or dangerous?
A t 10:30pm on 15 July, armed soldiers swarmed upon Istanbul’s Bosphorus bridge, blocking its access and declaring to drivers: “There is curfew, everybody go home.” Their motives appeared disconcertingly ambiguous. “Both bridges in Istanbul have been blocked by Turkish military. Reason unknown,” tweeted one bemused observer. “Military doing a show of force, low-flying jets […]