Is It Time to Celebrate Democracy in Turkey?

Is It Time to Celebrate Democracy in Turkey?

ISTANBUL — I HAVE lately been a frequent critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his increasingly authoritarian government. But a military regime, like the kind a group of coup-plotters tried to bring about on Friday night, would have been not only illegitimate but also far more repressive and bloody. The people of Turkey, including many of Mr. Erdogan's political opponents, rightly rejected that.

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