How Istanbul’s mayoral elections are shaping the future of Erdoğan’s Turkey | Sinan Ulgen Read moreThat was 14 years ago and a world away. But Brexit also risks making things worse for other parts of the world in very direct and concrete terms – this is certainly the case for Turkey. In other words, Brexit brought to the UK the populist politics and distortions to which Turkey had already fallen victim. In Turkey, Europe is seen as the means of escape from autocracy. Like many other countries around the world, Turkey is watching the Brexit saga with perplexity.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2019 10:30 UTC