6 July 2017
05 minutes
The pursuit of one-man rule by Turkey’s president is in stark contrast to the country’s long history of power-sharing. Indeed, although Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attempted to dismantle opposition and silence his critics, Turkey’s politics hasn’t always been this way. Monocle’s features editor Christopher Lord tells Rhys James about the country’s experience of coalitions.
6 July 2017
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