Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long craved, Turkey has been hurtling into one of its most turbulent periods in decades. And with a snap election called for November 2015, the country’s political factions are facing off in an ever more violent and bitter fashion.
Polarization has been a problem for Turkey for a long time: right versus left, Kurd versus Turk, Alevi versus Sunni, secular versus nonsecular. But now, the division between supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its rivals has become one of the country’s biggest fissures.
Polarization has been a problem for Turkey for a long time. But now, the division between the ruling party's supporters and its rivals is one of the country's biggest fissures.
