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Why Islamists are no longer Erdogan’s favorites

Turkey’s new ruling ideology is Erdoganism, and its critics include some Islamists who now find themselves in the “traitor” category.

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The writer Ahmet Tasgetiren is one of a number of prominent Islamists who have been targeted recently for criticizing President Erdogan. Tasgetiren, seen in a photo uploaded on Facebook on Aug. 14, 2013, wrote about the president in his column in the daily Star. — Facebook/AhmetTasgetiren

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