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After the failed coup didn't Erdogan order the arrest of many who opposed him? I've never heard of an autocrat that doesn't directly or indirectly manipulate e

• 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
  Oh, Ergodan does what he can to stack the deck in his favor, but Turkey is not North Korea. He doesn't have untrammeled power to do so, and on occasion (most recently in Istanbul) he and his party do lose elections.
  • plumednom 7y ago
    For the two years after the fake coup, Tayipp did have absolute power. Remember that Tayipp's power was illegitimate for 4 years after he became President after he termed out from Prime Minister, which used to be a figure-head. The probelm is, he never stopped being Prime Minister and was in violation of the constitution for his entire term as President. So .. he staged a coup, changed the constitution, and gave himself even more power. He also removed parlimentary immunity, while retaining it for himself. Tayipp controls the country in the judiciary as much as in the military and the election board. Tayipp has filed over 100,000 lawsuits in the past 19 years. Whenever you say something he disagrees with, he sues you for $5k (30,000TRY) and labels you a terrorist. If he does this to you as a politician, especially if you're a member of HDP, you go to jail. In the 5 or 6 years I've been here, I've heard of no less than 200 politicians being arrested, mostly from the HDP.