Turkey's ruling party, the Justice and Development Party or AKP, has built its fortunes by following an aggressive neo-liberal programme which has boosted the finance, real estate and tourism sectors. With the economy weakening, the AKP fears erosion of its support base; this explains why the party can brook no criticism of its economic policies.
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