Erdoğan is popular, and, as Prime Minister since 2003, he has been riding a wave of economic success. But he is also a populist, who has steadily tightened his grip on the state and the media, demonizing all critics (including former allies such as the expatriate cleric Fethullah Gülen) in the process.
Erdoğan es popular y, como Primer Ministro desde 2003, ha ido montado en una ola de éxito económico, pero también es un populista, que ha intensificado constantemente su control del Estado y de los medios de comunicación, al tiempo que demonizaba a todos los críticos (incluidos antiguos aliados, como el clérigo expatriado Fethullah Gülen).