(Financial Times-UK) Gideon Rachman - Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's flaws are becoming more pronounced as he is becoming more autocratic at home and more reckless overseas. The Erdogan government has arrested senior generals for their alleged involvement in a coup plot. However the backlash against the alleged plot has become so widespread that it has swept up many people who are probably innocent of any wrongdoing - but who now languish in jail, awaiting trial or, in some cases, charges. In addition, according to the International Press Institute, there are now considerably more journalists in prison in Turkey than in China. There is no doubt, talking to Turkish journalists, that they are now operating in a climate of fear.
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