14. Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Talking about Turkey as of a country on its way to dictatorship is a rather sensitive issue, and the opinions of Turkish people are completely divided in this regard. While the half of the population praises Erdogan, giving him the prophetic features, the other half is completely against his regime, not hesitating to mark him as a dictator who strives to establish a totalitarian regime. However, he remained firm even after the military coup from the last summer. These days, Turkey is having a referendum on whether they want to keep the parliamentary system or to switch to presidential. Changing the system will give even more power to Erdogan, and in that case, he would be able to remain a president until 2029. And now, let’s see what else we have in our list of countries with dictatorships today (or on their way to dictatorships).
