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* Erdogan re-elected despite economic strains * To pivot from unorthodox economic programme * Structural reforms, judicial reforms unlikely ...

Turkey's expected return to orthodox economic policies may not be enough to secure longer-lasting international investments, with a restoration of predictability and the rule of law still needed to build trust, analysts say.

In order to unsettle turkey, to destabilise turkey. - erdogan's handling of gezi revealed that he has no limits. he can tell people to kill people, which happened. like, you know, civilians killed young, young people during gezi. erm... i think he revealed his terrifying face. erdogan continues to insist the gezi park protests were a foreign—backed plot to overthrow his government. there's been no credible evidence to support this. it was a well—known thing that he once said, "democracy is a train "and we have to get on it

I think gezi was the moment where l erdogan threw out any last pretences of being a consensus politician. i think he probably thought - that these protests were going to die down on their own. and as soon as he realised that they weren't, his - tone quickly became... ..very harsh, very confrontational. my tweet was then used by pro—government media and also the prime minister himself... ..to claim that this was not an innocent environmental protest but it was a civil coup attempt, and my tweet was the proof of that. i he started really playing into this i

The Council of Europe's governing body demanded the immediate release of jailed rights activist Osman Kavala and Kurdish politicians Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas, threatening sanctions if Ankara does not comply.