Turkey: a favourable international climate is spurring Erdoğan’s crackdown on democracy

By Massimo D'Angelo, Research Associate in the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs, Loughborough University

The Turkish judiciary has finally succeeded in sidelining Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, at the fourth attempt. On the morning of March 19, the 53-year-old posted a video on social media announcing that police had arrived at his home to arrest him on charges of corruption, aiding a terrorist organisation and organised crime.

“Hundreds of police are at my door”, he said in a voice message. “This immoral and tyrannical approach will undoubtedly be overturned by the will and resilience of…

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