Erdoğan Reelected to 5 More Years in Turkey as His Government Grows More Authoritarian & Nationalist
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6C028)

We look at the impact of the reelection of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan Sunday in a tight runoff vote, extending his 20-year rule for a further five years. Erdoan received just over 52% of the vote, beating challenger Kemal Klcdarolu, an economist and former civil servant who unified a broad coalition but failed to unseat Erdoan despite growing dissatisfaction with his governance and deep economic pain within the country. We speak with Cihan Tual, UC Berkeley sociologist and author of The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism.