Despite Erdoğan’s personal authoritarian tendencies, which are obvious, it would be misleading to regard the current protests purely as a conflict between democracy and autocracy. After all, the success of Erdoğan’s populist Justice and Development Party, as well as the increasing presence of religious symbols and customs in public life, is a result of more democracy in Turkey, not less.
虽然埃尔多安明显存在个人独裁主义倾向，但把当前的抗议活动纯粹视为民主和专制的碰撞恐怕会有所误导。归根结底，埃尔多安民粹主义正义与发展党的成功，以及公共生活中越来越多宗教符号和习俗的出现是土耳其日渐民主化的结果。