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"What’s clear is that autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the Trump-Musk administration for their aggressions. They know that the #UnitedStates government is trying to destroy #democracy at home and around the #world."👀 😢
-Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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Sub-heading and text from article: Democratic Emergency in Turkey I am deeply saddened by the arrest of the popular Mayor of Istanbul, Ekram Imamoglu, by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is a cowardly dictator move: Erdogan cannot afford free and fair elections and so he is detaining Imamoglu to prevent the leader of the democratic opposition in Turkey from running for president. There has been an outpouring of international solidarity for Imamoglu, and I am waiting until tomorrow to publish an essay on the situation in Turkey as we see how things unfold. What’s clear is that autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the Trump-Musk administration for their aggressions. They know that the United States government is trying to destroy democracy at home and around the world.

Erdogan Arrests Top Opposition Politician

On CNN Int at 2:30pmET to talk about Turkey; My WIRED Video on Dictators
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
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