Turkey is currently politically unstable. For more than 15 years, Turkey was governed by the same government, but the economy went down and lost its worth. Protests and demonstrations have been taking place throughout Turkey and could occur at short notices, especially in major cities against the unrest. In 2001, Turkey faced economic collapse as a result of a harmful cycle of military coups. This is when Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power as Turkey’s President (Sheppard, 2019). He introduced many political changes in Turkey to fight against government corruption, promote economic growth, and began to maintain foreign relations.
Political revolution across the Middle East disrupted Turkey’s relations with other Arab nations. It created a lot of political opponents to Erdogan. He had fallen out with Islamic scholar Muhammed Fethullah Gulen. Political opponents for Erdogan led an attempted military coup against him in 2016, but the coup was failed as the plot was discovered by Erdogan’s camp (Jazeera, 2017). This failure led to the killing of 251 civilians and 2,200 were wounded. In 2018, Turkey’s 95 years of Parliamentary system was replaced by Erdogan with a presidentially led government. But still, Turkey remains politically unstable as a result of economic issues, security challenges, and a politically divided electorate. The Turkish President demands Istanbul mayoral election, as the Turkish economy continues to collapse. The uncertainty about elections leads to a decline in the value of the currency which reduces the confidence of foreign investors in Turkey.
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