By Daron Acemoglu
Foreign Affairs - May 22, 2014
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was once the darling of
the international community, but no more. He is still sometimes praised
for stewarding Turkey through impressive economic growth, defanging a
Turkish military establishment with a long history of meddling in
national politics, and initiating a promising peace process with the
country’s restive Kurdish population. But Erdogan’s achievements are now
shadowed by his undeniable lurch toward autocracy. Over the last year,
he has initiated a harsh crackdown against peaceful protesters,
political opponents, and independent media outlets. (According to the
Committee to Protect Journalists, at one point, the number of journalists jailed in Turkey even exceeded the number in Iran and China.)
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