Turkey’s Changing Freedom Deficit
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, rose to power in 2002 on the promise that it would ensure religious freedom for pious Muslims. Fourteen years later, “freedom” is the last thing the party has delivered.
DURHAM – Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) rose to power in 2002 on the promise that it would give pious Muslims religious freedom. Fourteen years later, “freedom” is the last thing the AKP has delivered.