Yes, Erdogan is bad news, democratically elected or not. He is turning Turkey inexorably into a one party state with himself as supreme leader ... and it is a worry that he is an islamist, though not (obviously, or not so at the moment) in to the same degree as ISIS, Al Quaeda or, heck, even the Ayatollahs in Iran.
Modernism dominates the cities (largely thanks to Ataturk), but the countryside is still backwards ... one wonders whether there will be many more, if any, democratic elections in Turkey as long as he is in power.
Not that military rule would necessarily be better ...
Soldiers, generally speaking, have a piss poor record whenever they seize control of governments.
Phil
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