by Gabriel Moran | Apr 11, 2019 | Suffolk University
Around the world, there has been an attack on the media in countries everywhere that experience democratic backsliding. In places like Turkey, Venezuela, Poland and many more, the media remains under attack in most places around the world, with the only states with...
by Nicholas Bornstein | Apr 8, 2019 | Boston University
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s democracy has slowly but surely been dismantled. The Turkish President constantly violates the personal liberties of the nation’s citizens – surveilling those who oppose him for purely political reasons and confiscating...
by JOSHUA ANTHONY VARELA | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
On July 15, 2016, an event occurred in Turkey that rarely occurs in mature democracies. The Turkish armed forces initiated a coup d’état against Turkish governmental institutions, namely Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This coup was the bloodiest in the...
by JONAH COOKE KAY | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
A Turkish Tragedy Recent actions taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have put the country in the spotlight due to the proliferate democratic erosion that has been unfolding. Following a military coup and a state of emergency in 2017, President...
by Shravan Balaji | Mar 14, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
On April 16, 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) celebrated the passage of their landmark Constitutional referendum by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6%. 85% of registered voters turned out for the election, with over 98% of the...
