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Erdogan’s war on the market economy

Challenging the tenets of the market economy, Turkish leaders have portrayed the country’s economic downturn as a foreign plot to discredit the government — an attitude that signals a dangerous course for Turkey.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan leaves Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RTX2UIEV
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul, Dec. 11, 2016. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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