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2 Jun 2023

How President Erdogan redefined Turkey

Europe Editor and Presenter

Tomorrow Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will take the oath of office, tightening his grip on power, adding another five years to his twenty already in office.

With a dire financial crisis – the result of economic mismanagement and a slow response to February’s deadly earthquake – many had thought his time was up.

But he has proved why he is an indomitable politician, with a potent fusion of religion, nationalism and oppression.