June 13, 2013
Recent events, here and in the world, have me thinking about police states, and what they are and how they come about. In Turkey, Prime Minister Erdogan— who has been democratically elected three times— heads a state that is increasingly authoritarian, and he is now depending on police forces to maintain his grip on power. […]
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June 12, 2013
Once again I’m watching scenes from one of my novels play out on television, and once again I’m finding it depressing. Deep State was a novel about a revolution against an oppressive Turkish government, and now we get to see that on CNN— and to watch Christine Amanpour try to corner a Turkish official about exactly […]
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