Any lingering hopes that Erdoan would return to the path of democracy have wilted, writes economist and political scientist Ersin enel A year after Turkeys failed coup attempt, Recep Tayyip Erdoans regime faces a dilemma: first it fears any kind of street-based movement. Erdoans harsh response to the he whipped up public support for punishing coup plotters with the death penalty and talked about ripping the heads off so-called traitors. And as a result of disabling parliamentary opposition and governing by decree under a continuous state of emergency it is not possible for him to prevent oppositional street-based movements from […]