The Challenge to Democracy From the Authoritarian Populist Movement in Turkey

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Nora Fischer-Ona is an associate professor of international studies at the University of San Francisco. She's also been a fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Britain for the Washington Post and other publications. We talked about the elections in Turkey trying to understand why it is that resident Erdogan was reelected despite the weakness in the Turkish economy, despite the government's bungled response to the devastating earthquake earlier this year. And we discussed the reasons for the weakness of democracy in the Muslim world and its likely future.

Nora Fisher Onar is an associate professor of international studies at the University of San Francisco and author of the forthcoming book Contesting Pluralism(s): Islam, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Nora Fisher Onar discuss how President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prevailed despite economic turmoil and a bungled response to the severe February earthquake; what international observers may overlook or misunderstand about Erdoğan’s appeal to Turkish voters; and what Erdoğan’s victory means for the country’s strained democracy, institutions, and economy.

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