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Chapter 2 examines the next phase in Erdoğan’s war, after he defeated the secularist establishment. It focuses on Erdoğan’s strategy of utilizing Islam to mobilize support for establishing an all-powerful executive presidency with no meaningful checks and balances. It takes an in-depth look at how Erdoğan utilized Islam to secure the backing of pious Turks and Kurds to seize unconstrained power and how he saw the Arab uprisings as an opportunity that would help him execute his plan. The chapter details the ways in which the Arab uprisings helped Erdoğan in his effort to cast himself as the protector of Islam and Muslims and those who were opposed to his autocratic vision as his new enemies. |
