July 26, 2016
A Parallel State
Over the past ten years, the prospect of a coup has been the government’s pretext for suppressing every conceivable opposition.
People I had never seen at a demonstration in Turkey—women in the full face veil, bearded men with hats embroidered with Qur’anic inscriptions and small children in tow—flowed down the broad avenue carrying Turkish flags, a symbol not previously associated with their ultraconservative lifestyle.
