A government over-reliant on kith and kin
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskMr Albayrak is Mr Erdogan’s son-in-law. His career is emblematic of the Turkish leader’s tendency to dump technocrats and formerheavyweights in favour of yes-men, opportunists and relatives. The coup attempt in 2016 was a turning-point, after which Mr Erdogan began to prize family and loyalty over expertise, says one former palace official.
Since 2016 Turkey’s leader has parted ways with Ali Babacan and Mehmet Simsek, architects of the boom of the 2000s, with Abdullah Gul, his predecessor as president, and with Ahmet Davutoglu, a former foreign and prime minister. Mr Davutoglu and Mr Babacan have set up two separate opposition parties, Gelecek and Deva . Mr Davutoglu accuses Mr Albayrak of engineering his ousting.
And he is just one of Mr Erdogan’s relatives. One of his sons, Bilal Erdogan, commands a following amongofficials and the party’s youth wing. Last year, the younger Mr Erdogan popped up at a summit in Tehran, alongside Ebrahim Raisi and Vladimir Putin, the Iranian and Russian presidents, and also accompanied his father on an official visit to Uzbekistan.
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