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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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How Turkey could reinstate the death penalty
We have had an uncomfortable year of talk about the noose. But how would the government bring it back and what crimes would be covered?
Turkey calls a referendum on an executive presidency
Plans to grant President Erdoğan sweeping new powers will be put to a public vote in April
Erdoğan the impartial
Unusually, Turkey’s president uses the ceremonial trappings of his office to urge consensus
‘Tayyip Erdoğan is finished’
A newspaper headline about the future Turkish president that got it so, so wrong
An interior minister bows out
Efkan Ala's departure illustrates the direction in which power flows within Turkey's cabinet
Davutoğlu out
Turkey’s transition to an executive presidency is complete
What is the news like on Turkish TV?
The state of Turkey's newspapers receives extensive attention abroad, but little is known about the television news bulletins watched by tens of millions each night
All the king’s horses
Turkey’s new cabinet clearly signals the shift in power from the prime minister to the president
Arınç and Erdoğan: the Thatcherite rift
Bülent Arınç's comments expose more Thatcherite parallels in the Turkish prime minister's leadership
Erdoğan’s reform: how to kill the MHP
The prime minister's proposed electoral reforms are mainly designed to destroy Turkey's nationalist party