Erdogan's Ability to Invoke Deep History and Sustain Support of His Electorate

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Turkey was ruled since Atatürk in a secular way that has made Turkey a successful and modern nation. That did also exclude religious people from full participation in public, he says. So to what extent is Erdogan's ability to invoke this kind of history sustaining the support of his electorate? He asks.

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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