Cracks Are Deepening in Erdoğan’s Ruling Party

by Melvyn Ingleby

Trouble inside Erdogan's AKP: "Abdullah Gül, a co-founder of the AKP and a former Turkish president, also condemned the government’s handling of the recount, which he said “cast a shadow over our democracy.” His statement gave support to long-running speculation that onetime AKP heavyweights were preparing a new splinter party. A potential leader of such a breakaway faction would be Ahmet Davutoğlu, a former prime minister."

Read the full article at The Atlantic.