When I moved to Turkey 25+ years ago, the dominant narrative was that it and Israel were the only 2 democracies in the Middle East. That claim, even then, lacked real substance, but looking at both countries’ trajectories from today’s perspective—wow, did they go off the rails.
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A Turkish court effectively ousted the main opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, annulling the 2023 party congress that elected him chairman. The case was seen as a test of Turkey's shaky balance between democracy and autocracy reut.rs/4nIp7qp
A Turkish court effectively ousted the main opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Thursday, annulling the 2023 party congress that elected him chairman in a ruling that dealt a blow to President Tayyip Erdo...
