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Berk Esen on whether Turkey has shifted from authoritarianism to autocracy
Turkey Book Talk
32 minutes 5 seconds
7 months ago
Berk Esen on whether Turkey has shifted from authoritarianism to autocracy
Berk Esen, political scientist at Sabanci University, on whether Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest heralds Turkey’s shift from competitive authoritarianism to autocracy.
The conversation addresses the dynamics driving the government’s intensifying crackdown, the international context for this escalation, and the critical choices facing the country’s embattled opposition.
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Turkey Book Talk
Conversations with journalists, academics and writers on Turkey and its region. New episode every two weeks.
