Turkey’s troubles: Democrat or sultan? 8 juin 2013
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The Economist (UK) no. 950, June 8th-14th, 2013, p. 9
On the cover : Democrat or sultan?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan should heed Turkey’s street protesters, not dismiss them. Broken heads, tear gas, water-cannon: it must be Cairo, Tripoli or some other capital of a brutal dictatorship. Yet this is not Tahrir but Taksim Square, in Istanbul, Europe’s biggest city and the business capital of democratic Turkey. (suite…)