RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been on a roll lately. On March 18th the Turkish president announced the army's capture of Afrin, a Kurdish stronghold in Syria, after two months of relentless attacks. Barely a week later, he scored another victory when a pliable mogul snapped up the last bastion of semi-independent journalism in Turkey, the Dogan group, for $1.2bn.
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