Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's authoritarian president, lost a presidential election over the weekend. A bad economy and a very bad earthquake backed an authoritarian leader into a corner. Support for today's explain comes from remotely curious: The new world of work.
After 21 years of leading Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a global political giant. But a crumbling Turkish economy and the opposition candidate pose the biggest threat to his power in years.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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