Ezgi Başaran

Ezgi Başaran is an associate member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda, and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Jul

No tanks required

Why is Turkey’s government moving so hard to kill off its opposition? Ezgi Başaran on the weakness behind a new show of strength.

01 Jul 2026

8 min read