Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been in power either as prime minister or president since 2003. During these years, Erdogan moved slowly and carefully to transform Turkey from a mostly free, mostly secular democracy into an authoritarian Islamist state. Those plans have accelerated, as Erdogan now wants to take control of the military and the intelligence agencies. If he can pull it off, it would make Erdogan the most powerful leader in Turkey since the last Sultan, Mehmed VI.
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