Şahan Savaş Karataşli is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research examines the dynamics of historical capitalism, inequality, social movements, labor, and nationalism from a global and long-historical perspective.

04.18.2024

• Şahan Savaş Karataşli

Turkey’s Economic Crisis Is Eroding Erdoğan’s Popularity

Facing international pressure, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has embraced Western economic policy orthodoxy. This has meant giving up the clientelistic redistribution that has helped Erdoğan’s party maintain popularity amid severe economic crisis.