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.
维也纳—埃尔多安在土耳其首次总统直选中获胜，此是意料中事。埃尔多安深得民心，并且自2003年成为总理以来，他的经济成绩十分漂亮。但他也是个民粹主义者，日渐收紧对国家和媒体的控制，妖魔化一切批评者（包括昔日盟友，比如流亡海外的牧师古兰（Fethullah Gülen））。