Turkey Wonk

There is a general consensus that Turkey is amid an authoritarian backslide. Is it as bad as generally believed? Are things better than they are made out to be? Is Turkey a one-man state with Erdogan at the head and everyone following? To get to the bottom of these issues I spoke with Howard Eissenstat, an assistant professor of Middle East history at St. Lawrence University. Stunted Democracy: Erdoğan, the AKP, and Turkey’s Slide into Authoritarianism - by Howard Eissenstat | Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)