The Impact of Erdogan's Rule on Turkish Society and Politics.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used culture as a tool to maintain his power during his two-decade rule, promoting a nostalgic revival of the Ottoman past through grand monuments and schlocky soap operas. Erdogan's cultural opponents have faced censorship or jail, and Turkey has been downgraded from "partly free" to "not free" by democracy watchdog organization Freedom House. Erdogan's cultural revolution is driven by nationalism rather than religion, and his celebrations of the Ottoman past have gone hand in hand with nationalist efforts unrelated to Islam.
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