Erdoğan: a failure of moderate Islamism

Erdoğan was held up as the example of pragmatic Islamism. That was before he became a corrupt autocrat, Islamic State facilitator and enabler of global disorder.

“2023’s most important election” takes place on May 14 in Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has thrown his initial opponent in jail, changed the constitution in his favour and shut down most of the independent media. But in spite of all these institutional advantages and a willingness to jettison the rule of law, Erdoğan is behind in the polls to h…